Patent ID: 9474013
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: performing discovery signal detection by listening for at least one directional beam according to a first pattern; detecting a plurality of discovery signals respectively from a plurality of connection points (CPs), wherein each CP transmits a discovery signal by transmitting a directional beam according to a respective pattern; determining information related to each CP based on the discovery signal detected from a respective CP; determining a beamforming direction of the UE based on a direction of the first pattern at which a discovery signal having a high signal quality is received; determining a beamforming direction of each CP based on a direction of the respective pattern at which a respective discovery signal is transmitted; determining a timeslot for transmitting an association signal to each CP, wherein a respective timeslot is determined based on the information determined for the respective CP or based on a timeslot in which the respective discovery signal is transmitted by the respective CP according to the respective pattern, wherein the information comprises at least one of: transmitting the association signal to each CP in the respective timeslot according to the beamforming direction of the UE and the beamforming direction of the respective CP.