Beam width control
Techniques for beam width control, and devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for beam width control are described herein.
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a processing circuitry to:
process first information, received at a first node of a wireless cellular network, indicating at least one of an orientation of a second node of the wireless cellular network, a speed of the second node, or a direction of movement of the second node;
based on the first information, determine a first beam width;
generate a first data transmission to be transmitted to the second node over a first beam that is based on the first beam width;
receive, from the second node, a request indicating a requested beam width change;
based on the requested beam width change, determine a second beam width; and
generate a second data transmission to be transmitted to the second node over a second beam that is based on the second beam width.
2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the first information indicates at least one of a location of a blockage or a direction of movement of the blockage.
3. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein determining the beam width is based on at least one of a location of a blockage or a direction of movement of the blockage.
4. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processing circuitry to obtain, based on the beam width, a beamforming configuration from a codebook.
5. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein determining the beam width is based on second information from an image captured by a camera.
6. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein determining the beam width is based on a value of at least one link statistic.
7. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first node or the second node is an access point of a non-terrestrial network (NTN).
8. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first node or the second node is airborne.
9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the request is a first request and the requested beam width change is a first requested beam width change and wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processing circuitry to generate a second request, for transmission to the second node, that indicates a second requested beam width change for transmissions from the second node to the first node, wherein the second requested beam width change is based on third information that indicates a beam configuration of the second node.
10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein a transmission power of the data transmission is based on the beam width.
11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the first and second data transmissions are to terminate at the second node, and wherein the first information is received from the second node.
12. An apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry to:
process first information indicating a location of a node and at least one of an orientation of the node, a speed of the node, or a direction of movement of the node;
based on the first information and on a location of a reflective surface in an environment external to the apparatus, determine a first beam width;
cause the apparatus to generate a first data transmission to be transmitted to the node via the reflective surface over a beam that is based on the first beam width, wherein the first data transmission is to terminate at the node;
receive, from the node, a request indicating a requested beam width change;
based on the requested beam width change, determine a second beam width; and
cause the apparatus to generate a second data transmission to be transmitted to the node over a second beam that is based on the second beam width;
and
interface circuitry coupled with the processing circuitry to enable communication.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the reflective surface is a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS).
14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is to determine the beam width based on a configuration of the reflective surface.
15. A method of beam width control, the method comprising:
processing first information, received at an access point, indicating, for each of a plurality of nodes, a location of the node;
based on the first information, determining a beam width and a transmission power for a data transmission; and
generating the data transmission to be transmitted by the access point, to the nodes over a beam that is based on the beam width and the transmission power.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein said processing the first information comprises processing the first information received from one among the plurality of nodes.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the method comprises, based on the beam width, obtaining a beamforming configuration from a codebook.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein said determining the beam width is based on a location of a reflective surface.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first information further indicates, for each of the plurality of nodes, at least one of an orientation of the node, a speed of the node, or a direction of movement of the node.