PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16144681
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["455", "424000"]

Abstract:
In order to address the potential for antenna failure in large antenna arrays, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication, e.g., at a base station or CPE. The apparatus detects a failure of a plurality of antenna elements in an antenna array associated with an antenna module in an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna modules. The apparatus then applies a mitigation procedure in response to detecting the failure, e.g., when a fraction of antenna elements for which a failure is detected meets a threshold. The mitigation procedure may include any of switching to a different codebook, increasing DL or UL transmission power, or a VGA. The failure may be detected by transmitting pilot signals using sets of antenna elements of the antenna array and using signal strength measurements to detect antenna element failures.

Claim (Index 18):
The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the means for detecting the failure of the at least one antenna element detect an amount of failing antenna elements in the antenna array, and wherein the means for applying the mitigation procedure are configured to perform one or more of:\n continuing to use a first codebook when the amount of failing antenna elements is within a first range; and switching to a second codebook when the amount of failing antenna elements is within a second range.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9375
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16138880', '15701285', '15684861', '15708758', '15565036']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7143143630577571
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4870891088927586
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6915918376412573
- Mean Citation Score: 182.653176
- Max Citation Score: 205.52686
- Similarity Product: 149.19438433830737

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

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