Patent ID: 8942134
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for selective registration of a user equipment (UE) to one of a plurality of access points (APs) in a multi-beam system, the method comprising: receiving an indication that each of a plurality of APs have received a signal from a single UE, wherein the UE communicates with each AP over an associated beam that includes a primary lobe providing a relatively higher signal strength surrounded by one or more sidelobes providing a relatively lower signal strength; registering the UE to a first one of the plurality of APs that satisfies registration requirements associated with the UE; and maintaining the registration of the UE to the registered AP if the UE communicates with the registered AP over a primary lobe providing a greater than threshold relative signal strength relative to the other APs, or rejecting the registration of the UE to the registered AP if the UE communicates with the registered AP over a sidelobe or over a primary lobe providing a less than threshold relative signal strength relative to the other APs.