Patent ID: 11889322
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method performed by a base station for configuring beamformed joint communication between the base station and multiple user equipments in a user-equipment-coordination set, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a coordinating user equipment in the user-equipment-coordination set, an indication to coordinate beam sweeping with the user-equipment-coordination set;
transmitting a set of downlink beam transmissions that cover a spatial area according to pre-specified time intervals and directions;
receiving, from the user-equipment-coordination set, beam report information that indicates beam quality information for at least two user equipments in the user-equipment-coordination set, the beam quality information based on the set of downlink beam transmissions;
selecting, based on the beam report information, one or more beam identities that specify specific beams to be used by the at least two user equipments;
selecting, based on the beam report information, one or more time slots to be used by the at least two user equipments; and
directing the at least two user equipments to use specific beams indicated by the one or more beam identities at specific time slots indicated by the one or more time slots by transmitting an indication of the one or more beam identities and the one or more time slots to the at least two user equipments.