Patent ID: 11962098
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an array of lenses that comprises a first lens and a second lens; and
a plurality of antenna arrays, each antenna array of the plurality of antenna arrays comprising a respective plurality of antenna elements and respective phase shifting circuitry, wherein:
each antenna array of the plurality of antenna arrays is operable to concurrently steer a respective beam in a respective direction,
a first antenna array of the plurality of antenna arrays is configured to steer a first beam between the first antenna array and the first lens based at least in part on a position of a first user equipment (UE) and to steer a second beam between the first antenna array and the second lens based at least in part on a position of a second UE, and
a second antenna array of the plurality of antenna arrays is configured to steer a third beam between the second antenna array and the first lens concurrently with the first beam being steered between the first antenna array and the first lens based at least in part on a position of a third UE relative to the position of the first UE.