Beamforming device

1. A beamforming device, comprising:

a first beamforming circuit configured to generate a first beam based on a first set of beamforming coefficients;

a second beamforming circuit configured to generate a second beam based on a second set of beamforming coefficients; and

a scheduling circuit configured to allocate a first set of frequency resources, a second set of frequency resources, the first set of beamforming coefficients and the second set of beamforming coefficients to a plurality of mobile stations based on an optimality criterion related to a target scheduling metric,

wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the first set of frequency resources and the first set of beamforming coefficients for generating the first beam to a first set of mobile stations; and

wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the second set of frequency resources and the second set of beamforming coefficients for generating the second beam to a second set of mobile stations.

2. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first set of frequency resources and the second set of frequency resources are at least partially overlapping.

3. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the first and second sets of frequency resources and the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients jointly to the plurality of mobile stations.

4. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the first and second sets of frequency resources and the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients to the plurality of mobile stations during a same transmission time interval.

5. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein one or multiple mobile stations are included in both the first set and the second set of mobile stations.

6. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first beamforming circuit and the second beamforming circuit are configured to generate one beam to at least one mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations.

7. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein a wavelength of the first beam and the second beam is in a millimeter range or

wherein a frequency range of the first beam and the second beam lies between about 6 GHz and about 100 GHz.

8. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the first and second sets of frequency resources and the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients to direct the first beam and the second beam to different preferred beam directions.

9. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein the target scheduling metric is based on a weighted target data rate derived from channel quality indicator.

10. The beamforming device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients are analog beamforming coefficients.

11. A beamforming device, comprising:

a first beamforming circuit configured to generate a first beam based on a first set of beamforming coefficients;

a second beamforming circuit configured to generate a second beam based on a second set of beamforming coefficients; and

a scheduling circuit configured to allocate a first set of frequency resources, a second set of frequency resources, the first set of beamforming coefficients and the second set of beamforming coefficients to a plurality of mobile stations based on an optimality criterion related to a target scheduling metric, wherein the first set of frequency resources and the second set of frequency resources are at least partially overlapping.

12. The beamforming device of claim 11 , wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the first and second sets of frequency resources and the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients jointly to the plurality of mobile stations.

13. The beamforming device of claim 11 , wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the first and second sets of frequency resources and the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients to the plurality of mobile stations during a same transmission time interval.

14. The beamforming device of claim 11 , wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the first set of frequency resources and the first set of beamforming coefficients for generating the first beam to a first set of mobile stations; and

wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the second set of frequency resources and the second set of beamforming coefficients for generating the second beam to a second set of mobile stations.

15. The beamforming device of claim 14 , wherein one or multiple mobile stations are included in both the first set and the second set of mobile stations.

16. The beamforming device of claim 11 ,

wherein the first beamforming circuit and the second beamforming circuit are configured to generate one beam to at least one mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations.

17. The beamforming device of claim 11 ,

wherein the scheduling circuit is configured to allocate the first and second sets of frequency resources and the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients to direct the first beam and the second beam to different preferred beam directions.

18. The beamforming device of claim 11 ,

wherein the target scheduling metric is based on a weighted target data rate derived from channel quality indicator.

19. A beamforming method comprising:

generating a first beam based on a first set of beamforming coefficients;

generating a second beam based on a second set of beamforming coefficients; and

allocating a first set of frequency resources, a second set of frequency resources, the first set of beamforming coefficients and the second set of beamforming coefficients to a plurality of mobile stations based on an optimality criterion related to a target scheduling metric, wherein the allocating further comprises:

allocating the first set of frequency resources and the first set of beamforming coefficients for generating the first beam to a first set of mobile stations; and

allocating the second set of frequency resources and the second set of beamforming coefficients for generating the second beam to a second set of mobile stations.

20. The beamforming method of claim 19 , wherein one or multiple mobile stations are included in both the first set and the second set of mobile stations.

21. The beamforming method of claim 19 , wherein the first set of frequency resources and the second set of frequency resources are at least partially overlapping.

22. The beamforming method of claim 19 , further comprising allocating the first and second sets of frequency resources and the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients jointly to the plurality of mobile stations.

23. The beamforming method of claim 19 , further comprising allocating the first and second sets of frequency resources and the first and second sets of beamforming coefficients to the plurality of mobile stations during a same transmission time interval.

24. One or more non-transitory computer readable media including instructions which when executed by a processor of a device, direct the device to:

generate a first beam based on a first set of beamforming coefficients;

generate a second beam based on a second set of beamforming coefficients; and

allocate a first set of frequency resources, a second set of frequency resources, the first set of beamforming coefficients and the second set of beamforming coefficients to a plurality of mobile stations based on an optimality criterion related to a target scheduling metric, wherein the allocating further comprises:

allocating the first set of frequency resources and the first set of beamforming coefficients for generating the first beam to a first set of mobile stations; and

allocating the second set of frequency resources and the second set of beamforming coefficients for generating the second beam to a second set of mobile stations.

25. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 24 , wherein one or multiple mobile stations are included in both the first set and the second set of mobile stations.