US 11,811,439 B2
Millimeter wave (MMWAVE) system and methods
Mikhail T. Galeev, Portland, OR (US); Oner Orhan, San Jose, CA (US); Arnaud Lucres Amadjikpe, Beaverton, OR (US); Benjamin Grewell, Portland, OR (US); Navid Naderi, Santa Clara, CA (US); Hosein Nikopour, San Jose, CA (US); Susruth Sudhakaran, Beaverton, OR (US); Shilpa Talwar, Cupertino, CA (US); and Liang Xian, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,288.
Application 17/751,288 is a division of application No. 17/052,113, granted, now 11,342,952, previously published as PCT/US2018/038906, filed on Jun. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302940 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 1/12 (2006.01); H04B 1/525 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 1/1027 (2013.01) [H04B 1/123 (2013.01); H04B 1/525 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile communication device comprising:
a beamforming antenna configured to transmit and receive millimeter wave band signals; and
a beamforming circuit coupled to the beamforming antenna and configured to
receive, from a remote sensor, beam pathway data regarding potential obstructions affecting wireless communications of the mobile communication device,
map a beam pathway environment based on the received beam pathway data,
form a beam based on the mapped beam pathway environment, and
provide the formed beam to the beamforming antenna for wireless communications of the mobile communication device.