Patent ID: 11956041
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining sounding reference signal (SRS) data from a user equipment (UE) in an uplink;
providing the SRS data to a centralized control unit over a fronthaul shared by the device and the centralized control unit;
receiving a command from the centralized control unit to utilize demodulation reference signal (DMRS)-based beams in digital beamforming for the UE;
generating one or more DMRS-based beams based on the command; and
performing the digital beamforming using the one or more DMRS-based beams.