Patent ID: 9379790
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A user device supporting cross cell beam persistence comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit over an uplink for the user device; a receiver configured to receive over a downlink for the user device; and a cross cell beam persistence determination module configured to select a first base station to service the uplink for the user device and to select a second base station, different from the first base station, to service the downlink for the user device based on the second base station increasing a number of antennas at the second base station used to service the downlink for the user device, wherein a downlink region defined by the downlink for the user device is extended into an uplink region defined by the uplink for the user device as the user device moves into the uplink region to maintain the downlink for the user device.