Patent ID: 9686695
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of wireless communication for a user equipment (UE), comprising: determining a first coarse set of beamforming paths between the UE and a first millimeter wave base station (mmW-BS); selecting a first beamforming path and a second beamforming path within the first coarse set of beamforming paths; receiving on a first set of narrow beamforming paths close to the first beamforming path within the first coarse set of beamforming paths; determining to associate with the first mmW-BS based on the receiving on the first set of narrow beamforming paths; requesting, based on the determining to associate with the first mmW-BS, the first mmW-BS to transmit on a second set of narrow beamforming paths close to the second beamforming path within the first coarse set of beamforming paths when a signal quality of the first beamforming path and the first set of narrow beamforming paths are less than a first threshold; and communicating through one of the second beamforming path or a path within the second set of narrow beamforming paths.