Patent ID: 9681309
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of wireless communication for a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving beamforming capability information indicating one of at least a digital, analog, or hybrid beamforming capability, and including an RF beam switching speed, the beamforming capability being associated with a millimeter wave base station (mmW-BS); scanning, based on the beamforming capability information including the RF beam switching speed, N transmit beams from the mmW-BS for each of M receive beam directions of the UE, the scanning including selecting a frame structure for the scanning based on the RF beam switching speed of the mmW-BS; determining one or more preferred scanned beams from among the N transmit beams; and establishing a wireless communication link with the mmW-BS based on the preferred one or more scanned beams.