Patent ID: 11937328
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:
using a first antenna panel to perform cellular communication with a cellular base station using a first beamforming codeword associated with a first beam direction, wherein said receive and transmit chain selection comprises:
determining to switch from using the first antenna panel to using a second antenna panel;
determining that a second beamforming codeword for the second antenna panel is also associated with the first beam direction; and
using the second antenna panel to perform cellular communication with the cellular base station using the second beamforming codeword based at least in part on determining that the second beamforming codeword for the second antenna panel is also associated with the first beam direction.