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 28):
A beam scanning method performed by a radio base station to enable determination of beam directions suitable to use for communication between the radio base station and a wireless device, the radio base station and the wireless device being connected through an existing radio link, wherein the method comprises:\n triggering, by means of a message transmitted over the existing radio link, the wireless device to perform a transmission of tracking beams; performing a beam scan in order to detect tracking beams transmitted by the wireless device; collecting information about an outcome of the performed beam scan, said information enables the wireless device to identify at least one transmit direction corresponding to a detected tracking beam; and transmitting the collected information to the wireless device over the existing radio link, wherein the performing the beam scan further comprises performing the beam scan adapted to a pre-determined transmission scheme used by the wireless device when transmitting 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 information of the pre-determined transmission scheme is transmitted to the wireless device in a message 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): 0.4375909396669546
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4964312423102252
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4434749699312817
- Mean Citation Score: 215.84636
- Max Citation Score: 229.34041
- Similarity Product: 171.53033823895808

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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