Patent ID: 11894909
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method for angle of arrival (AoA) determination, comprising:
transmitting, by a base station, an indication of an orientation of a global coordinate system (GCS) to a user equipment (UE), the GCS to be utilized by the UE for determining a beam to be utilized for communication with the UE;
transmitting, by the base station, a plurality of training signals to be utilized by the UE to determine a plurality of local AoA estimates for determination of a beam to be utilized for communication with the UE;
identifying, by the base station received from the UE, an indication of the beam to be utilized for communication with the UE, the beam determined based on the plurality of local AoA estimates determined from the plurality of training signals; and
utilizing, by the base station, the beam for transmissions to the UE.