Patent ID: 9698884
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: allocating first sets of downlink (DL) control resource blocks by a base station for DL transmission to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a beamforming mobile communication network, wherein each set of the DL control resource blocks is associated with a corresponding set of beamforming weights; allocating second sets of uplink (UL) control resource blocks by the base station for UL transmission from the UEs, wherein each set of the UL control resource blocks is associated with the corresponding set of beamforming weights; and transmitting cell and beam identification information using sets of control beams, wherein each control beam comprises a set of the DL control resource blocks, a set of the UL control resource blocks, and the corresponding set of beamforming weights.