Patent ID: 11917424
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to cause a base station of a cellular network to:
transmit data to a user equipment device (UE) using a first transmit beam;
determine to use a second transmit beam to transmit to the UE;
transmit, to the UE, an indication of the second transmit beam and an indication of a first plurality of aperiodic reference signals;
transmit, to the UE, the first plurality of aperiodic reference signals using the second transmit beam, wherein the first plurality of aperiodic reference signals is transmitted prior to receiving an acknowledgement of the indication of the second transmit beam from the UE; and
receive the acknowledgement of the indication of the second transmit beam from the UE.