PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15764825
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["375", "267000"]

Abstract:
Methods, devices and computer programs for determining new transmit directions to use for beamformed transmissions in case the link quality of an existing direction falters. A transmitting communication device and a receiving communication device cooperate via a beam tracking procedure to determine a new suitable transmit direction to use for upcoming beamformed transmissions. Information relating to the beam tracking procedure is communicated over an existing link that enables communication between the transmitting and receiving communication devices. The receiving communication device provides the transmitting communication device with information about a beam scan performed in order to detect tracking beams transmitted by the transmitting communication device. This information allows the transmitting communication device to determine suitable transmit directions to use.

Claim (Index 42):
A receiving communication unit configured to perform a beam scan to enable determination of beam directions suitable to use for communication between the receiving communication unit and a transmitting communication unit, the receiving communication unit and the transmitting communication unit being connected through an existing radio link, wherein:\n the receiving communication unit is configured to perform, when triggered by a message received from the transmitting communication unit over the existing radio link, a beam scan over different receive directions in order to detect tracking beams transmitted by the transmitting communication unit; and the receiving communication unit is configured to collect information about an outcome of the performed beam scan, said information enables the transmitting communication unit to identify at least one transmit direction corresponding to a detected tracking beam; and the receiving communication unit is configured to transmit the collected information to the transmitting communication unit over the existing radio link, wherein the receiving communication unit is configured to perform the beam scan adapted to a pre-determined transmission scheme used by the transmitting communication unit when transmitting the tracking beams, the transmission scheme comprising information about time intervals during which a tracking beam is transmitted over a particular transmit direction, and, wherein the receiving communication unit is configured to obtain the information of the pre-determined transmission scheme in a message received over the existing radio link.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 375.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15569427', '15212638', '15125620', '15674675', '15376167']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.437613814575679
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4963327778615259
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4434857109042637
- Mean Citation Score: 215.84636
- Max Citation Score: 229.34041
- Similarity Product: 171.73427729397116

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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