IP Library Granted Patent US 11,671,937
Granted Patent B2
US 11,671,937 · App. 17/232,151 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Method for determining position of base station and associated electronic device

Inventors: Szu-Yuan Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Chiung-Wen Hsin (Hsinchu, TW); Syu-Hao Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Chung-Wei Hsu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
H04W64/003H04W4/023H04W36/08H04W36/30H04W36/32H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 11,671,937
App. No.
17/232,151
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a wireless communication module and a processing circuit. When the processing circuit establishes a link with a base station via the wireless communication module, the processing circuit obtains a beam identified (ID) of a received beam of the wireless communication module, and generates position information based on the beam ID and a beam mapping table. In addition, the processing circuit transmits the position information to an indicator to indicate a position of the base station relative to the electronic device.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a wireless communication module; and

a processing circuit, coupled to the wireless communication module;

wherein when the processing circuit establishes a link with a base station via the wireless communication module, the processing circuit obtains a beam identifier (ID) of a received beam of the wireless communication module, and generates position information based on the beam ID and a beam mapping table, the processing circuit transmits the position information to an indicator to indicate a position of the base station relative to the electronic device;

wherein the beam mapping table records a plurality of beam IDs and a plurality of position information corresponding to the plurality of beam IDs, respectively, and each of the plurality of position information corresponds to a spatial block or a spatial coordinate range indicating a location on a front surface of the electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is arranged on a rotating bracket and is rotated according to the position information; when the electronic device is rotated and the processing circuit receives another beam ID of another received beam of the wireless communication module, the processing circuit further generates another position information based on the another beam ID and the beam mapping table; and the processing circuit further transmits the another position information to the indicator to indicate a position of the base station relative to the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein whenever the electronic device is rotated and the processing circuit receives a different beam ID of a different received beam of the wireless communication module, the processing circuit generates corresponding position information to the indicator until the processing circuit receives a specific beam ID.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein whenever the electronic device is rotated and the processing circuit receives a different beam ID, the processing circuit generates corresponding position information to the indicator until quality of a signal transmitted from the base station and received by the processing circuit meets a criterion.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is located on a housing of the electronic device, and the indicator comprises a plurality of direction indicator symbols for indicating the position information.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a Consumer Premise Equipment (CPE) conforming to the fifth-generation wireless communication technology.

7. A method for determining an installation position of an electronic device by a processing circuit, comprising:

controlling the electronic device to establish a link with a base station;

obtaining a beam identifier (ID) of a received beam of the electronic device;

generating position information based on the beam ID and a beam mapping table; and

transmitting the position information to an indicator to indicate a position of the base station relative to the electronic device for being used as the installation position of the electronic device;

and further comprising:

(a) obtaining another beam ID of another received beam of the electronic device;

(b) generating another position information based on the another beam ID and the beam mapping table;

(c) transmitting the another position information to the indicator to indicate a position of the base station relative to the electronic device; and

(d) repeating steps (a) to (c) until a specific beam ID of the received beam of the electronic device is received or until quality of a signal transmitted from the base station meets a criterion.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the beam mapping table records a plurality of beam IDs and a plurality of position information corresponding to the plurality of beam IDs, respectively, and each of the plurality of position information corresponds to a spatial block or a spatial coordinate range.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the indicator is located on a housing of the electronic device, and the indicator comprises a plurality of direction indicator symbols for indicating the position information.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the electronic device is a Consumer Premise Equipment (CPE) conforming to the fifth-generation wireless communication technology.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
To: WNC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072255/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2021
From: CHEN, SZU-YUAN; HSIN, CHIUNG-WEN; CHEN, SYU-HAO; HSU, CHUNG-WEI
To: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055937/0799 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 109118875 · Jun 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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