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 14):
A beam scanning method performed by a receiving communication unit 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 the method comprises:\n performing, 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; collecting 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 transmitting the collected information to the transmitting communication unit 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 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 information of the pre-determined transmission scheme is obtained 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): 0.4381625183486399
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4939700636349463
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4437432728772705
- Mean Citation Score: 215.84636
- Max Citation Score: 229.34041
- Similarity Product: 176.62683250000237

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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