US 11,818,709 B2
Method and apparatuses for operating a wireless communication network
Håkan Andersson, Linköping (SE); Mattias Frenne, Uppsala (SE); Johan Furuskog, Stockholm (SE); Stefan Parkvall, Bromma (SE); Henrik Sahlin, Mölnlycke (SE); and Qiang Zhang, Täby (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/923,541.
Application 16/923,541 is a continuation of application No. 14/771,688, granted, now 10,750,525, previously published as PCT/SE2015/050729, filed on Jun. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/016,358, filed on Jun. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0337071 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 72/1268 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1268 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04L 5/0023 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04L 27/2601 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a wireless communication network, wherein:
a first node of the network transmits a scheduling message to a second node of the network;
the second node receives the scheduling message; and
the second node schedules sounding signal transmissions based on the scheduling message;
wherein the scheduling message refers to a schedule for sounding signals based on a status of beam forming performed in the network and indicates a sounding signal pattern fitting within one subframe.