WO2018155844A1 - 최적 빔 표시 및 가이드 방법 및 장치 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optimal beam display and guide method and apparatus, and more particularly to an optimal beam direction with good signal reception strength in a wireless communication system that uses beamforming using a high frequency (millimeter wave).
- a method and apparatus for detecting and indicating a direction of an optimal beam to a user is a method and apparatus for detecting and indicating a direction of an optimal beam to a user.
- a 5G communication system or a pre-5G communication system is called a system after a 4G network (Beyond 4G Network) or a system after an LTE system (Post LTE).
- 5G communication systems are being considered for implementation in the ultra-high frequency (mmWave) band (eg, such as the 60 Gigabit (60 GHz) band).
- FD-MIMO massive array multiple input / output
- FD-MIMO massive array multiple input / output
- FD-MIMO massive array multiple input / output
- FD-MIMO massive array multiple input / output
- FD-MIMO massive array multiple input / output
- Array antenna, analog beam-forming, and large scale antenna techniques are discussed.
- 5G communication systems have advanced small cells, advanced small cells, cloud radio access network (cloud RAN), ultra-dense network (ultra-dense network) , Device to Device communication (D2D), wireless backhaul, moving network, cooperative communication, Coordinated Multi-Points (CoMP), and interference cancellation
- cloud RAN cloud radio access network
- D2D Device to Device communication
- D2D Device to Device communication
- CoMP Coordinated Multi-Points
- Hybrid FSK and QAM Modulation FQAM
- SWSC Slide Window Superposition Coding
- ACM Advanced Coding Modulation
- FBMC Fan Bank Multi Carrier
- NOMA non orthogonal multiple access
- SCMA sparse code multiple access
- IoT Internet of Things
- IoE Internet of Everything
- M2M machine to machine
- MTC Machine Type Communication
- IT intelligent Internet technology services can be provided that collect and analyze data generated from connected objects to create new value in human life.
- IoT is a field of smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, smart grid, health care, smart home appliances, advanced medical services, etc. through convergence and complex of existing information technology (IT) technology and various industries. It can be applied to.
- the strength of the received signal is important to provide a quality of service (QoS) to meet the user's level of demand in wireless communication, the higher the strength of the received signal can ensure a good quality.
- QoS quality of service
- a terminal supporting high frequency beamforming measures the direction of the best beam (best beam or good beam) and outputs it to the screen or the sound of the terminal, based on this to induce the user to change the grip
- an object of the present invention is to provide a method of improving user service quality.
- the present invention provides a method for searching for an optimal beam and sending an indication to a user even when the beamforming range is within or outside the beamforming range in an environment using beamforming.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an optimal beam grouping technique for avoiding frequent gripping changes of a user.
- a control method of a terminal including: determining whether a center beam having the best antenna gain among a plurality of beams of the terminal and a current use beam of the terminal are the same; Calculating an angle between the current use beam of the terminal and the center beam when the current use beam of the terminal is not the same; And outputting information indicating an optimal beam direction according to an angle between a current use beam of the terminal and the center beam.
- the outputting of the information indicating the optimal beam direction may include outputting the information indicating the optimal beam direction when it is set to output the information indicating the optimal beam direction. Can be.
- the angle between the current use beam and the center beam of the terminal the azimuth difference between the current use beam and the center beam of the terminal and the altitude angle between the current use beam and the center beam of the terminal ( elevation) difference.
- the method may further include estimating an optimal beam direction before leaving the beam search range when the network entity communicating with the terminal is out of the beam search range of the terminal; Calculating a rotation direction and an angle of the terminal by using an optimal beam direction before moving out of the beam search range; And outputting information indicating an optimal beam direction according to the rotation direction and angle of the terminal.
- the calculating of the angle between the current beam of the terminal and the center beam may include: setting beams having a signal strength greater than a preset threshold value among a plurality of beams of the terminal as a beam group; Determining whether a current use beam of the terminal is included in the beam group; And when the current use beam of the terminal is not included in the beam group, calculating an angle between the current use beam of the terminal and the center beam.
- the calculating of the angle between the current beam and the center beam of the terminal may include belonging to the beam beam and the beam beam of the terminal when the beam of the terminal is not included in the good beam group. Calculating an angular difference between the beams; Selecting an optimal beam among beams belonging to the beam group having the smallest angle difference from the currently used beam of the terminal; And determining an angle between the current use beam of the terminal and the optimal beam yarn as an angle between the current use beam of the terminal and the center beam.
- the information indicating the optimal beam direction may include at least one of information indicating a direction in which the terminal rotates, information indicating an angle to rotate the terminal, and a leader line indicating the optimal beam direction.
- a terminal for transmitting and receiving a signal, comprising a plurality of beams; And determining whether the center beam having the best antenna gain and the current use beam of the terminal are the same among the plurality of beams of the terminal, and if the current use beam of the terminal and the center beam are not the same, the current of the terminal It may include a control unit for calculating the angle between the use beam and the center beam, and outputs information indicating an optimal beam direction according to the angle between the current use beam and the center beam of the terminal.
- the controller may output information indicating the optimal beam direction when the controller is set to output information indicating the optimal beam direction.
- the controller estimates an optimal beam direction before moving out of the beam search range and before moving out of the beam search range.
- the optimal beam direction the rotation direction and angle of the terminal can be calculated, and information indicating the optimal beam direction according to the rotation direction and angle of the terminal can be output.
- the controller may be configured to set beams having a signal strength greater than a preset threshold among the plurality of beams of the terminal as a beam group, determine whether a current use beam of the terminal is included in the beam group, and determine the current of the terminal. If the use beam is not included in the beam group, an angle between the current use beam of the terminal and the center beam may be calculated.
- the controller calculates an angle difference between the current use beam of the terminal and beams belonging to the beam group, and among the beams belonging to the beam group.
- the beam having the smallest angle difference from the current use beam of the terminal is selected as an optimal beam, and the angle between the current use beam of the terminal and the optimal beam is used as an angle between the current use beam of the terminal and the center beam. You can decide.
- the terminal the antenna connected to the transceiver for transmitting and receiving a signal; And an antenna direction adjuster connected to the antenna, wherein the controller may control the antenna direction adjuster to adjust the direction of the antenna in the optimal beam direction.
- the present invention measures the direction of the best beam (good beam or good beam) in the terminal that supports high-frequency beamforming (output) and output it on the screen or the sound of the terminal, based on this to induce the user to change the grip Finally, a method of improving user service quality may be provided.
- the present invention may provide a method for searching for an optimal beam and sending an indication to a user even when the beam is within the scan range or out of the beam formable range in an environment using beamforming.
- an optimal beam grouping technique may be provided to avoid frequent gripping changes of a user.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is another example of a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 3 is an exemplary diagram of the signal strength of the omnidirectional radiation characteristic.
- FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of a signal strength of a high frequency signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 5 is an exemplary diagram of signal strength according to a direction of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying optimal beam indication information on a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of an optimal beam algorithm according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an optimal beam guiding method within a beam search range according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the strength of a signal for each beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 18 is a diagram for describing a terminal operation when the beam search range is out of range.
- 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of an optimal beam guiding method when it is out of a beam search range according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a beam grouping method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- each component shown in the embodiments of the present invention are independently shown to represent different characteristic functions, and do not mean that each component is made of separate hardware or one software component unit.
- each component is listed as a component for convenience of description, and at least two of the components may form one component, or one component may be divided into a plurality of components to perform a function.
- the integrated and separated embodiments of each component are also included in the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention.
- the components may not be essential components for performing essential functions in the present invention, but may be optional components for improving performance.
- the present invention can be implemented including only the components essential for implementing the essentials of the present invention except for the components used for improving performance, and the structure including only the essential components except for the optional components used for improving performance. Also included in the scope of the present invention.
- each block of the flowchart illustrations and combinations of flowchart illustrations may be performed by computer program instructions. Since these computer program instructions may be mounted on a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, those instructions executed through the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment may be described in flow chart block (s). It creates a means to perform the functions. These computer program instructions may be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement functionality in a particular manner, and thus the computer usable or computer readable memory. It is also possible for the instructions stored in to produce an article of manufacture containing instruction means for performing the functions described in the flowchart block (s).
- Computer program instructions may also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, such that a series of operating steps may be performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-implemented process to create a computer or other programmable data. Instructions for performing the processing equipment may also provide steps for performing the functions described in the flowchart block (s).
- ' ⁇ part' used in the present embodiment refers to software or a hardware component such as an FPGA or an ASIC, and ' ⁇ part' performs certain roles.
- ' ⁇ ' is not meant to be limited to software or hardware.
- ' ⁇ Portion' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to play one or more processors.
- ' ⁇ ' means components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, procedures, and the like. Subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.
- the functionality provided within the components and the 'parts' may be combined into a smaller number of components and the 'parts' or further separated into additional components and the 'parts'.
- the components and ' ⁇ ' may be implemented to play one or more CPUs in the device or secure multimedia card.
- a base station is a subject that communicates with a terminal, and may also be referred to as a BS, a base transceiver station (BTS), a NodeB (NB), an eNodB (eNB), an access point (AP), or the like.
- BTS base transceiver station
- NB NodeB
- eNB eNodB
- AP access point
- a user equipment is an entity that communicates with a base station, and may be referred to as a UE, a device, a mobile station (MS), a mobile equipment (ME), a terminal, a terminal, or the like. It may be.
- the strength of the received signal is important to provide a quality of service (QoS) to meet the user's level of demand in wireless communication, the higher the strength of the received signal can ensure a good quality.
- QoS quality of service
- a typical technique for raising the received signal is to measure signal strength to find the direction in which a strong signal is received and to adjust the antenna in the direction in which the signal is strongly received.
- AOA angle of arrival
- This technique uses multiple antennas to estimate the difference of signal arrival times for each antenna to estimate the direction of the transmitted signal.
- the AOA technology used to estimate the signal's direction can be applied to wireless communication systems such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and LTE, which have omni direction characteristics in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, including satellite communications. Can be.
- Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity
- the situation may be different if a high-speed wireless communication device using high frequency is used. If the wireless communication frequency is increased, it is easy to secure the bandwidth to increase the transmission speed, but the wireless communication range is narrowed.
- the high-speed Wi-Fi technology using about 60 GHz band than BLE which uses about 2.4 GHz band can have a signal loss of more than 100 times over distance.
- the high frequency band for example, about 28 GHz to 38 GHz
- a beamforming technique using an array antenna may be applied to overcome signal loss.
- the directionality of the transmit and receive antennas can be very important. Therefore, in the method of measuring the optimum beam of the ultra-high frequency, the beamforming part should be considered important.
- the direction of the optimal beam is displayed on the screen of the terminal or a notification is sent by voice, so that the terminal receives a strong signal to provide a means of improving the quality of service.
- the terminal when looking at the signal strength notation point of view, in the prior art, the terminal only displays the size according to the signal strength, in the present invention, the terminal informs the user of the optimal beam direction as well as the signal strength, induces the user grip change and service Can improve the quality.
- a beam having the best antenna gain or a beam having the best signal reception strength is referred to as a center beam, an optimal beam, and the like, and a beam other than the center beam is referred to as an outer beam or a beam having poor antenna gain. Do it.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 2 is another example of a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a terminal may include a transceiver 110 and a controller 120 for controlling the overall operation of the terminal.
- the control unit 120 of the terminal controls the terminal to perform any one of the embodiments to be described later.
- the controller 120 may determine whether the beam currently used by the terminal is the outer beam, and in the case of the outer beam, calculate the angle in the center beam direction.
- the controller 120 may determine to output optimal beam indication information according to the calculated angle.
- the transceiver 110 of the terminal may transmit and receive a signal according to the operation of any one of the embodiments to be described later.
- the transceiver 110 may be a data communication device, and in particular, may be a high frequency data communication device for transmitting and receiving high frequency signals.
- the high frequency may include about 28 GHz, about 39 Ghz, about 60 GHz, about 70 GHz band.
- At least one antenna 115 may be connected to the transceiver 110.
- the at least one antenna 115 may transmit a signal to another network entity (for example, a base station or another terminal), or may receive a signal from another network entity.
- the at least one antenna 115 may be an array antenna.
- the transceiver 110 may transmit and receive a signal through a plurality of beams, the received signal strength of each beam may be different. Accordingly, the controller 120 may select an optimal beam and control it to output information about the optimal beam.
- the controller 120 may include an algorithm storage device 130.
- the algorithm storage device 130 may exist in the terminal as a separate component from the control unit 120.
- the algorithm storage device 130 may store an algorithm related to beamforming
- the algorithm storage device 130 may include a beamforming algorithm storage unit 133 and an optimal beam algorithm storage unit 135.
- the beamforming algorithm storage unit 133 may store an algorithm related to a beamforming function
- the optimal beam algorithm storage unit 135 may store an algorithm for determining an optimal beam of the terminal.
- the optimal beam algorithm may be for an algorithm for detecting an optimal beam direction having a good signal reception intensity and displaying the optimal beam direction to the user.
- control unit 120 and the transceiver 110 is not necessarily to be implemented as a separate device, it can be implemented as a single component in the form of a single chip, of course.
- the controller 120 may be implemented on a processor, a single chip, a plurality of chips, or a plurality of electrical components.
- various architectures may be used for the controller 120, including dedicated or embedded processors, single purpose processors, controllers, ASICs, and the like.
- the terminal may include a display unit, a signal input unit, a position sensor, a direction sensor, a speaker, and the like.
- the display unit may display an operation state of the terminal and the like so that the user can recognize the speaker, and the speaker may output a sound signal.
- the input / output unit may receive an input signal from a user.
- the terminal may include a touch screen in which the display unit and the signal input unit are combined.
- the sensor may include a location sensor for sensing information on a current location of the terminal, a direction sensor for sensing direction information of the terminal, and the like.
- the terminal may further include an antenna direction adjusting unit for adjusting the antenna 115.
- the antenna direction adjusting unit may include a motor or the like, and may be mechanically connected to the antenna 115.
- the antenna direction adjusting unit may adjust the direction of the antenna 115 to an optimal beam direction. At this time, the adjustment of the antenna 115 direction may be made by mechanical tilt.
- FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram of signal strength of an omnidirectional radiation characteristic
- FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of signal strength of a high frequency signal according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Exemplary diagrams of signal strength along a direction of.
- a signal may have omni directional characteristics as illustrated in FIG. 3. Therefore, since only the magnitude of the received signal is important to the terminals, the terminal may display only the magnitude of the received signal strength on the display unit. For example, the terminal may display a large bar graph when the size of the received signal is the largest, and display a smaller bar graph as the size of the received signal decreases, thereby displaying the size of the received signal.
- the received signal may have directivity as illustrated in FIG. 4. Therefore, the size of the received signal may be large when the direction of the antenna 115 of the terminal is toward the base station, and the size of the received signal is very small when the direction of the antenna 115 of the terminal is opposite to the base station. And the base station may be disconnected.
- the user may adjust the direction of the terminal as illustrated in FIG. 5A.
- the received signal strength of the terminal may change as illustrated in FIG. 5B according to the direction of the terminal.
- the antenna direction adjusting unit connected to the antenna 115 of the terminal may adjust the direction of the antenna 115 by mechanical adjustment. In this case, by adjusting the direction of the antenna 115, the received signal strength of the terminal may change.
- directionality is importantly considered along with the signal strength.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying optimal beam indication information on a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIGS. 7 to 14 illustrate examples of optimal beam indication information according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure is shown.
- the direction of the signal should be considered as well as the signal strength. Therefore, it may be necessary to inform the user of the signal strength and information that enables the user to recognize the direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the present. In this case, the user can adjust the direction of the terminal (ie, the direction of the terminal antenna 115) in a direction of strong signal strength to allow the terminal to receive a stronger signal, thereby improving quality of service and increasing communication efficiency. have.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 determined by the optimal beam algorithm may be displayed on the display unit 600 of the terminal.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may include optimal beam direction information, optimal beam user guide information, optimal beam notification information, optimal beam indication information, signal strength and direction information, best beam indicator, center beam indication information, and the like. This may be referred to as the same, and if the information on the direction of the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal may correspond to this.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be referred to including information on the direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal and information on the current signal strength.
- the control display window of the display unit 600 of the terminal (that is, the portion which displays the current state of the terminal, means a portion that continuously displays the state of the terminal such as a current time, a battery state, and a connection state of the terminal). ) Shows that the optimal beam indication information 610 is displayed as main indicator information, but is not limited thereto.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be displayed in the form of a floating icon in the screen of the terminal.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be displayed on the display unit 600 of the terminal in the form of a two-dimensional (2D) / 3-dimensional (3D) icon, a leader line, and the like.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be output as a sound signal such as a voice through a speaker.
- the terminal may inform the user of the optimum beam indication information 610 by outputting a voice signal such as “right” or “right”.
- the terminal may display the optimal beam indication information 610 in the form of an icon on the display unit 600 of the terminal. That is, the information indicating the strength of the signal according to the current direction of the terminal can be displayed in the form of icons such as graphs, sectors, concentric circles, polygons (triangles, squares, etc.). Then, information on the direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal (that is, the optimal beam direction) is displayed on the right side, left side, upper side, lower side, etc. Can be displayed in the form of an icon such as a graph or an arrow.
- information indicating the strength of a signal may be displayed in a graph in a fan shape.
- the left and right sides of the fan-shaped graph may display information on a direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal (that is, the optimal beam direction) in the form of an icon.
- part (b) of FIG. 7 may indicate that the strength of the signal is about medium by displaying a part of the fan-shaped graph.
- an icon may be displayed on the right side of the information representing the strength of the signal.
- the icon displayed on the right side of the information indicating the strength of the signal may mean that the signal strength in the right direction is stronger than that of the present. Accordingly, the user may recognize that a stronger signal may be received when the direction of the terminal is rotated to the right. Accordingly, when the user rotates the terminal to the right, a stronger signal may be received.
- (c) of FIG. 7 may indicate that the strength of the signal is weak by displaying or not displaying only the minimum portion of the fan-shaped graph.
- an icon in the form of an arrow indicating an upward direction may be displayed on the information representing the strength of the signal.
- an icon may be displayed on the upper side of the information indicating the strength of the signal according to an embodiment.
- the icon in the form of an arrow indicating the direction displayed on the information indicating the strength of the signal may mean that the signal strength in the upward direction is stronger than the present.
- FIG. 7 may indicate that the signal strength is about medium.
- an icon is displayed on the left side of the information representing the strength of the signal, indicating that the signal strength in the left direction is stronger than that of the present.
- FIG. 7E may indicate that the signal strength is weak.
- an icon in the form of an arrow indicating a downward direction is displayed on the information representing the strength of the signal, indicating that the signal strength in the downward direction is stronger than that of the present.
- the user may recognize that a stronger signal may be received when the direction of the terminal is rotated upward, leftward, and downward, respectively, and thus, when the direction of the terminal is adjusted accordingly.
- a strong signal can be received.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may not only indicate information on a direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal, but also information on how to move the direction of the terminal together with the information on the direction.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be included.
- the information 720 indicating that the signal strength in the right direction is stronger may be displayed on the right side of the information 710 indicating the signal strength.
- the information on how far the direction of the terminal should be moved may be indicated. For example, as shown in the figure, if the signal strength indicates a strong direction with four icons, this may mean that the terminal should be rotated 90 degrees in the right direction. In addition, when three signals indicate a strong direction of the signal, this may mean that the terminal should be rotated 60 degrees to the right. If the signal indicates a strong direction with one icon, this may mean that the terminal should be rotated 20 degrees in the right direction.
- the optimum beam indication information 610 may include a sound signal.
- a sound signal indicating that the right direction is a direction in which the signal strength is strong along with an icon indicating that the direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal is right.
- “Right”, “Right”, “Rotate Right XX”, “UHD video can be viewed when rotating Right XX”, “Improve download speed when rotating Right XX", “Y times when rotating Right XX” It may be to output a voice signal such as "improve download speed".
- the sound signal may be a sound signal preset according to an optimal beam direction.
- the terminal outputs a short sound signal once when the signal strength in the right direction is stronger than the current direction of the terminal, and the terminal outputs the short sound signal twice when the signal strength in the left direction is strong,
- the terminal may output a long sound signal once when the signal strength is strong, and the terminal may output the long sound signal twice when the signal strength in the downward direction is strong.
- information representing the strength of a signal may be displayed in a graph of concentric circles.
- information on a direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal (that is, the optimal beam direction) may be displayed on the left, right, upper and lower sides of the concentric graph in the form of an icon.
- the information on the direction may be an icon in the form of an arrow.
- part (b) of FIG. 8 may indicate that the intensity of the signal is about medium by displaying a part of the concentric graph.
- an icon may be displayed on the right side of the information representing the strength of the signal.
- the icon may be in the form of an arrow.
- the icon displayed on the right side of the information indicating the strength of the signal may mean that the signal strength in the right direction is stronger than that of the present. Accordingly, the user may recognize that a stronger signal may be received when the direction of the terminal is rotated to the right. Accordingly, when the user rotates the terminal to the right, a stronger signal may be received.
- (c) of FIG. 8 may indicate that the strength of the signal is weak by displaying or not displaying only the minimum portion of the concentric graph.
- an icon may be displayed on the upper side of the information representing the strength of the signal.
- the icon in the form of an arrow indicating the direction displayed on the information indicating the strength of the signal may mean that the signal strength in the upward direction is stronger than the present.
- FIG. 8 (d) may indicate that the signal strength is about medium.
- an icon is displayed on the left side of the information representing the strength of the signal, indicating that the signal strength in the left direction is stronger than that of the present.
- FIG. 8E may indicate that the signal strength is weak.
- an icon is displayed below the information indicating the strength of the signal, indicating that the signal strength in the downward direction is stronger than that of the present.
- the user may recognize that a stronger signal may be received when the direction of the terminal is rotated upward, leftward, and downward, respectively, and thus, when the direction of the terminal is adjusted accordingly.
- a strong signal can be received.
- information indicating that the signal strength in the right direction is stronger may be displayed on the right side of the information indicating the signal strength.
- the information on how far the direction of the terminal should be represented. For example, information on how much the direction of the terminal should be moved may be displayed through the size of the arrow or the number of arrows. That is, when the size of the arrow is large or the number of arrows is large, it may indicate that the terminal should be rotated a lot. When the size of the arrow is small or the number of arrows is small, it may indicate that the terminal should be rotated less.
- one arrow indicating a right direction may be displayed as information about a direction in which a signal strength is stronger than a current direction of the terminal.
- one arrow indicating the right direction may mean that a strong signal can be received when the terminal is rotated about 30 degrees in the right direction.
- two arrows indicating the right direction are displayed as shown in (c) of FIG. 9, it may mean that a strong signal may be received when the terminal is rotated about 60 degrees in the right direction.
- three arrows indicating the right direction are displayed as shown in (d) of FIG. 9, this may mean that a strong signal may be received when the terminal is rotated about 90 degrees in the right direction.
- the optimum beam indication information 610 may include a sound signal. Since a sound signal has been described in a part related to FIG. 7, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the terminal may display the optimal beam indication information 610 in the form of leader lines 1010 and 1020 on the display unit 600 of the terminal.
- the leader lines 1010 and 1020 may be displayed on the display unit of the terminal, and may be composed of two leader lines of the first leader line 1010 and the second leader line 1020.
- the first leader line 1010 may indicate the direction of the current terminal or the direction of the antenna 115 of the current terminal, and the second leader line 1020 indicates the optimal signal direction (optimal beam direction). It may be.
- the first leader line 1010 may indicate an optimal beam direction
- the second leader line 1020 may indicate a direction of the terminal.
- the present invention is not limited thereto, and three or more leader lines may be displayed to more precisely provide a direction in which the signal strength is strong.
- only one leader line indicating the direction in which the signal strength is strongest may be displayed, and the user may adjust the leader line to be perpendicular to the upper surface of the terminal to receive a strong signal.
- the received signal may be weak.
- a blurred image eg, an SD image
- the download speed of a file may be very slow.
- the second leader line 1020 indicating the optimal beam direction is displayed on the right side of the first leader line 1010 indicating the direction of the current terminal, the signal strength becomes stronger when the user rotates the terminal to the right. It can be appreciated. Thus, as the user rotates the terminal to the right, the strength of the signal may become stronger.
- a strong signal may be received by the terminal. Accordingly, a clear image (eg, an HD image or a UHD image) may be displayed on the display unit of the terminal or the download speed of a file may be improved.
- a clear image eg, an HD image or a UHD image
- the optimum beam indication information 610 may include a sound signal together with the indicator lines 1010 and 1020. Since a sound signal has been described in a part related to FIG. 7, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the terminal may display the optimal beam indication information 610 as a three-dimensional icon 1110 on the display unit 600 of the terminal.
- the 3D icon 1110 may be displayed in a circle (or sphere) when the signal strength is strong.
- the 3D icon 1110 may be displayed in a distorted shape protruding in a direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal. That is, as shown in the first picture of FIG. 11, when the direction in which the signal strength is stronger than the current direction of the terminal is the right side, the 3D icon 1110 may be displayed in a shape in which the right side protrudes.
- the terminal is rotated so that the direction of the terminal (direction of the antenna of the terminal) is adjusted in a direction where the signal strength is strong, the amount of protrusion may be reduced.
- the 3D icon 1110 may be displayed in a circle.
- the optimum beam indication information 610 may include a sound signal together with the 3D icon 1110. Since a sound signal has been described in a part related to FIG. 7, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the terminal may display the optimal beam indication information 610 in the form of an icon on the display unit 600 of the terminal.
- the icon indicating information on the strength of the signal according to the current direction of the terminal is the optimal beam indication information 610.
- the terminal may further display information 1210 indicating that a high quality signal can be received when the terminal is rotated in the optimal beam direction as shown in FIG. 12. .
- the terminal may display an icon for indicating the optimal beam direction on the right side of the information indicating the signal strength.
- the 1210 may indicate that a high quality signal may be received when the terminal is rotated to the right with the icon indicating the optimal beam direction.
- the terminal may additionally display an icon 1210 such as “HD” or “UHD” along with an icon indicating an optimal beam direction.
- the terminal when the current file is downloaded, the terminal may display the time remaining until the download is completed on the display unit 600.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may display the time remaining until the download is completed when the terminal is rotated in the direction along with an icon indicating the optimal beam direction.
- the terminal may display on the display unit 600 that 5 minutes are left until the download is completed according to the current direction of the terminal.
- an icon indicating that the right direction is the optimal beam direction is displayed on the display unit, and when the terminal is rotated to the right side, two minutes are left on the display unit.
- the terminal may display the optimal beam indication information 610 in the form of an icon on the display unit 600 of the terminal.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may include information 1310, 1313, and 1315 about the signal strength in each direction of the terminal and information 1320 about the optimal beam direction.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may divide the direction of the terminal into three, and may display the strength of the signal for each direction as the size of the icon. That is, the size of the icon may be displayed small in the direction where the signal strength is weak (1310), and the size of the icon may be displayed in the middle in the direction where the signal strength is medium (1313).
- the size of the icon may be large in a direction in which the signal strength is strong. In the example of FIG. 13, the user may recognize that the signal strength in the right direction of the terminal is the strongest through the icon sizes 1310, 1313, and 1315.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may further display information 1320 on which direction the optimal beam can be received when the terminal is changed.
- information 1320 on which direction the optimal beam can be received when the terminal is changed.
- an icon 1320 for inducing the terminal to rotate to the right may be displayed with information 1315 indicating the strength of the signal.
- the information 1320 about the optimal beam direction may not be displayed.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon that simultaneously displays information on signal strength and information on an optimal beam direction of a terminal.
- the current signal is weak or absent
- no display may be performed as shown in FIG. If the signal strength is strong, the entire area can be displayed as shown in FIG.
- the terminal recognizes that the signal strength will be stronger when the terminal is rotated up and down (that is, when the terminal is rotated 180 degrees), as shown in (b) of Figure 14 can be displayed to the upper and lower regions.
- the terminal recognizes that the signal strength will be strong when the terminal is rotated left and right (that is, when the terminal is rotated in the vertical direction)
- the left and right regions are displayed as shown in (c) of FIG. 14. Can be.
- the strong signal strength is the right side, left side, upper side, and lower side of the terminal
- the right side, left side, upper side, and lower side as shown in (d), (h), (f), and (g) of FIG. 14, respectively. It can be displayed to induce a change of direction of the terminal.
- the terminal may display the type of the current communication of the terminal together with the strength of the signal. For example, if the current communication is 5G (new generation) or new radio (NR) using a high frequency band, 5G or NR may be displayed together with the signal strength. Alternatively, when the current communication is LTE or 3G, information on this may be displayed together with the signal strength.
- 5G new generation
- NR new radio
- the optimum beam indication information 610 may be output through a display unit or a speaker only when a preset condition is satisfied.
- the terminal may output the optimum beam indication information 610 through the display unit or the speaker only when there is a user input. That is, the terminal may display the optimal beam indication information 610 on the display unit or output a sound signal through the speaker only when a preset signal is applied through the input unit.
- the terminal may output an icon indicating the optimal beam direction on the display unit.
- the terminal may output a sound signal indicating the optimal beam direction only when the user touches an icon indicating the signal strength on the touch screen.
- the terminal may output an audio signal indicating the optimal beam direction when the user inputs a specific signal while displaying an icon indicating the signal strength and an icon indicating the information on the optimal beam direction.
- the terminal may output the optimal beam indication information 610 only when the strength of the current signal is lower than a preset threshold.
- the user may set whether or not to display the optimum beam indication information 610 according to the embodiment. When the setting is on, the optimum beam indication information 610 is output, but the setting is turned off. In this case, the optimal beam indication information 610 may not be output.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be displayed according to the type of the execution application of the terminal according to an embodiment. For example, when an application that executes a file that already exists in the terminal and does not need to transmit or receive a signal is running, the quality of service may not vary depending on the signal strength. In this case, since there is little need to display the optimal beam indication information 610 so that the user can adjust the direction of the terminal, the terminal may not output the optimal beam indication information 610.
- the terminal may output the optimum beam indication information 610 according to the user's convenience.
- the terminal may control to output the optimal beam indication information 610 only when a specific condition is satisfied.
- the beamforming algorithm of the terminal will be described to output the optimal beam indication information 610.
- 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of an optimal beam algorithm according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- best beam indicator algorithms (BBI algorithms) according to an embodiment of the present invention may be classified into three types.
- the optimal beam algorithm includes an optimal beam guiding algorithm 1510 within the beam scan range, an optimal beam guiding algorithm 1520 when out of the beam scan range, and beam grouping to minimize user intervention.
- beam grouping algorithm 1530 may be included.
- the optimal beam guiding algorithm 1510 within the beam search range is an algorithm for guiding an optimal beam when the terminal is located within the beam search range.
- the optimal beam guiding algorithm 1520 when out of the beam search range is an algorithm for guiding an optimal beam when the terminal is out of the beam searching range.
- the beam grouping algorithm 1530 does not display the optimal beam direction when the beams belong to the same group by grouping the beams based on a threshold value to prevent the user's excessive intervention due to frequent indication of the optimal beam direction.
- the algorithm is about how not.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an optimal beam guiding method within a beam search range according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 17 is a diagram of an example of the strength of a signal for each beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- operation 1610 it may be determined whether a beam currently used by a terminal is an outer beam. That is, it is possible to determine whether the beam having the best reception performance among the beams used according to the current direction of the terminal is the outer beam.
- the beam of the terminal may be configured as shown in FIG.
- beam 0 may be a center beam
- beams 1 to 6 may be outer beams
- beams 7 to 18 may be outermost beams.
- the center beam refers to the beam having the best antenna gain
- the outer beam (and the outermost beam) refers to the beam whose antenna gain is smaller than that of the center beam.
- the reception intensity of beams 7 to 18, which are the outermost beams may be about 6 dB lower than the reception intensity of beam 0, which is the center beam. This may be, for example, a degree where a difference of about four times the file download speed of the terminal may occur.
- the beam used by the terminal to receive a signal from the base station may be, for example, beam 15.
- the terminal may identify that the beam currently being used is an outer beam.
- the UE may estimate (calculate, measure) a difference between an azimuth and / or an elevation difference between the outer beam and the center beam.
- the terminal knows the beam direction of the antenna and the antenna gain for each direction in advance, it can be seen that the beam currently used by the terminal is the outer beam.
- the terminal can also find out the angle difference between the outer beam and the center beam currently in use.
- the angle of the received signal may be estimated to determine the angle difference between the center beam and the current outer beam.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be generated by using an angle difference between the currently used outer beam and the center beam.
- the beam gain of the beam 0 is the center beam
- the antenna gain of the beam 15 that is 30 degrees to the right of the beam 0 may be about 6 dB smaller than the beam 0 of the center beam.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be generated to adjust the terminal position by 30 degrees to the right of the azimuth difference between the beam 0 and the beam 15.
- the terminal may output the generated optimal beam indication information 610.
- the gain of the signal may increase by 6 dB.
- the terminal may determine whether the optimal beam indication information 610 is set in step 1630. If the optimal beam indication information 610 is not set to output, the terminal may not output the optimal beam indication information 610 in step 1650. In addition, when it is determined in operation 1630 that the optimal beam indication information 610 is set to be output, the terminal may output the optimal beam indication information 610 in operation 1640.
- the terminal may adjust the direction of the antenna 115 to the optimal beam direction by mechanical tilt.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a terminal when it is out of a beam search range
- FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of an optimal beam guiding method when it is out of a beam search range according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the UE may recognize that another network entity (eg, a base station) is out of the beam search range of the UE.
- another network entity eg, a base station
- the beam 1831 of the base station 1830 may be out of the outermost beam 1817 within the beam scan range of the terminal. In this case, a signal may not be received by the terminal 1810.
- the terminal 1810 may estimate the azimuth and / or elevation of the optimal beam before leaving the beam search range.
- the terminal may determine the optimal beam indication information 610 using the estimated value (and the current direction of the terminal). That is, the terminal 1810 may store history information on the azimuth and / or elevation of the optimum beam before leaving the beam search range.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be determined using the azimuth and / or elevation of the optimal beam stored in the history information. For example, the terminal in state 1810 may store that the optimum beam exists in the left direction of the terminal before leaving the beam search range.
- the terminal may also store information on the azimuth and / or elevation of the optimal beam. Accordingly, the terminal may determine the optimal beam indication information 610 by calculating information on which direction the signal strength becomes stronger when the terminal is rotated in any direction.
- the terminal 1810 may display the optimal beam indication information 610 on the display unit of the terminal 1815. Accordingly, when the user rotates the direction of the terminal 1810, it may be changed to the state 1820. In this case, the beam 1825 used by the terminal in the 1820 state may match the beam 1835 within the beam scan range of the base station 1830 to receive a strong signal.
- the terminal may determine the optimal beam indication information 610 so that the center beam 1825 matches the beam 1835 of the base station among the beams of the terminal. For example, the terminal in the 1810 state calculates a difference in azimuth and / or elevation difference between its center beam 1825 and the transmission beam of the base station 1830 to calculate the position adjustment value of the terminal. You can decide.
- the terminal may output the optimal beam indication information 610 according to the determined position adjustment value.
- the terminal may calculate only information on a direction in which the terminal should be rotated in order to obtain an optimal beam in steps 1920 and 1930.
- the terminal may output only the information on the direction.
- the correct position of the terminal may be determined using the optimal beam guidance method within the beam search range described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
- the terminal 1810 may adjust the direction of the antenna 115 to the optimal beam direction by mechanical tilt after step 1950.
- 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a beam grouping method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal may cause excessive intervention of the user for the position adjustment of the terminal.
- the UE may not group the good beams on the basis of the threshold value and may not output the change in the good beams. .
- the UE may measure reception strength for each beam.
- the UE may measure a channel CQI (channel quality index) for each beam.
- the threshold may be set according to a quality of service level of a service.
- the UE may determine whether the CQI for each beam is larger (or higher) than the preset threshold value THR. In case of a beam having a CQI greater than a preset threshold, the UE may classify the beam as a good beam in step 2030. If the CQI is less than or equal to a preset threshold, the terminal may classify the beam as a bad beam in step 2040.
- the beam is divided into two parts, a good beam and a bad beam.
- the present invention is not limited thereto, and the beam may be grouped into three or more groups.
- the terminal may divide the beam into a first group having a best reception state, a second group having a normal reception state, and a third group having a poor reception state by using two thresholds, a first threshold value and a second threshold value.
- the terminal may determine whether the current beam is included in a good beam set. In addition, when the current used beam is included in a good beam set, the terminal may maintain the current state in step 2060. That is, the terminal may not output the optimal beam indication information 610.
- the terminal may calculate an angle between the current usage beam and the optimal beam of the terminal in operation 2070. That is, the terminal may calculate a difference between an azimuth and / or an elevation difference between a current beam and a center beam.
- the optimal beam indication information 610 may be generated by using an angle difference between the beam currently being used and the center beam, and output.
- the UE may calculate an angle difference between the current beam and the good beams belonging to the good beam set.
- the terminal may select the beam having the smallest angle difference from the current beam as the optimal beam among the good beams.
- the terminal may determine and output the optimal beam indication information 610 including the information on the selected optimal beam.
- the terminal may adjust the direction of the antenna 115 to the optimal beam direction by mechanical tilt after step 2080.
- the terminal may measure reception performance of beams 0 to 18.
- the reception performance of each beam may be compared with a preset threshold value to determine whether the reception performance of the beam is better than the threshold value.
- beams 0 to 6 may be beams with better reception performance than the threshold.
- beams 7 to 18 may be beams whose reception performance is better than the threshold. Accordingly, the terminal may group beams 0 to 6 into good beam groups. In addition, the UE may group beams 7 to 18 into a bad beam group.
- the terminal may not output the optimal beam indication information 610.
- the beam currently used by the terminal may be, for example, beam 15.
- the terminal may calculate an angle difference between the good beams (ie, beams 0 to 6) and beam 15.
- the terminal may select beam 3 as the optimal beam of the terminal.
- the terminal may output the optimal beam indication information 610 for adjusting the direction of the terminal in the third beam direction.
- the terminal may select the zeroth beam having the strongest signal strength as the optimal beam.
- the terminal may output the optimal beam indication information 610 to adjust the direction of the terminal in the beam direction 0.
- the terminal may provide an algorithm for selecting an optimal beam based on a beam book.
- the operations of the base station or the terminal described above can be realized by providing a memory device storing the corresponding program code to any component in the base station or the terminal device. That is, the controller of the base station or the terminal device can execute the above-described operations by reading and executing the program code stored in the memory device by the processor or the central processing unit (CPU).
- the controller of the base station or the terminal device can execute the above-described operations by reading and executing the program code stored in the memory device by the processor or the central processing unit (CPU).
- the various components of the entity, base station, or terminal device, module, etc. described herein are hardware circuits, for example complementary metal oxide semiconductor based logic circuits, firmware And hardware circuitry such as a combination of software and / or hardware and firmware and / or software embedded in a machine-readable medium.
- hardware circuits for example complementary metal oxide semiconductor based logic circuits, firmware And hardware circuitry such as a combination of software and / or hardware and firmware and / or software embedded in a machine-readable medium.
- various electrical structures and methods may be implemented using transistors, logic gates, and electrical circuits such as application specific semiconductors.
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- 단말의 제어 방법에 있어서,단말의 복수의 빔들 중에서 안테나 이득이 가장 좋은 중심 빔과 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔이 동일한지 여부를 판단하는 단계;상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔이 동일하지 않은 경우, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도를 계산하는 단계; 및상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도에 따른 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하는 단계;를 포함하는 단말의 제어 방법.
- 제1 항에 있어서, 상기 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하는 단계는,상기 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하도록 설정되어 있는 경우에 상기 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하는 단계;를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말의 제어 방법.
- 제1 항에 있어서,상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도는, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 방위각(azimuth) 차이 및 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 고도각(elevation) 차이 중 적어도 하나를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말의 제어 방법.
- 제1 항에 있어서,상기 단말과 통신을 수행하는 네트워크 엔티티가 상기 단말의 빔 탐색 범위를 벗어난 상태인 경우, 상기 빔 탐색 범위를 벗어나기 전의 최적의 빔 방향을 추정하는 단계;상기 빔 탐색 범위를 벗어나기 전의 최적의 빔 방향을 이용하여, 상기 단말의 회전 방향 및 각도를 계산하는 단계; 및상기 단말의 회전 방향 및 각도에 따른 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하는 단계;를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말의 제어 방법.
- 제1 항에 있어서, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도를 계산하는 단계는,상기 단말의 복수의 빔들 중 신호 강도가 미리 설정된 임계값보다 큰 빔들을 빔 그룹으로 설정하는 단계;상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔이 상기 빔 그룹에 포함되는지 판단하는 단계; 및상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔이 상기 빔 그룹에 포함되지 않는 경우, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도를 계산하는 단계;를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말의 제어 방법.
- 제5 항에 있어서, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도를 계산하는 단계는,상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔이 상기 빔 그룹에 포함되지 않는 경우, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 빔 그룹에 속하는 빔들 사이의 각도 차이를 계산하는 단계;상기 빔 그룹에 속하는 빔들 중 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 각도 차이가 가장 작은 빔을 최적의 빔으로 선택하는 단계; 및상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 최적의 빔 사의의 각도를 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도로 결정하는 단계;를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말의 제어 방법.
- 제1 항에 있어서,상기 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보는 상기 단말이 회전할 방향을 나타내는 정보, 상기 단말이 회전할 각도를 나타내는 정보, 및 상기 최적의 빔 방향을 나타내는 지시선 중 적어도 하나를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말의 제어 방법.
- 단말에 있어서,신호를 송수신하고, 복수의 빔들을 포함하는 송수신부; 및상기 단말의 복수의 빔들 중에서 안테나 이득이 가장 좋은 중심 빔과 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔이 동일한지 여부를 판단하고, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔이 동일하지 않은 경우, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도를 계산하고, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도에 따른 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하는 제어부;를 포함하는 단말.
- 제8 항에 있어서, 상기 제어부는,상기 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하도록 설정되어 있는 경우에 상기 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제8 항에 있어서,상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도는, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 방위각(azimuth) 차이 및 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 고도각(elevation) 차이 중 적어도 하나를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제8 항에 있어서, 상기 제어부는,상기 단말과 통신을 수행하는 네트워크 엔티티가 상기 단말의 빔 탐색 범위를 벗어난 상태인 경우, 상기 빔 탐색 범위를 벗어나기 전의 최적의 빔 방향을 추정하고, 상기 빔 탐색 범위를 벗어나기 전의 최적의 빔 방향을 이용하여, 상기 단말의 회전 방향 및 각도를 계산하고, 상기 단말의 회전 방향 및 각도에 따른 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보를 출력하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제8 항에 있어서, 상기 제어부는,상기 단말의 복수의 빔들 중 신호 강도가 미리 설정된 임계값보다 큰 빔들을 빔 그룹으로 설정하고, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔이 상기 빔 그룹에 포함되는지 판단하고, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔이 상기 빔 그룹에 포함되지 않는 경우, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도를 계산하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제12 항에 있어서, 상기 제어부는,상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔이 상기 빔 그룹에 포함되지 않는 경우, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 빔 그룹에 속하는 빔들 사이의 각도 차이를 계산하고, 상기 빔 그룹에 속하는 빔들 중 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 각도 차이가 가장 작은 빔을 최적의 빔으로 선택하고, 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 최적의 빔 사의의 각도를 상기 단말의 현재 사용 빔과 상기 중심 빔 사이의 각도로 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제8 항에 있어서,상기 최적의 빔 방향을 지시하는 정보는 상기 단말이 회전할 방향을 나타내는 정보, 상기 단말이 회전할 각도를 나타내는 정보, 및 상기 최적의 빔 방향을 나타내는 지시선 중 적어도 하나를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제8 항에 있어서,상기 송수신부와 연결되어 신호를 송수신하는 안테나; 및상기 안테나와 연결된 안테나 방향 조정부를 더 포함하고,상기 제어부는, 상기 안테나의 방향을 상기 최적의 빔 방향으로 조정하도록 상기 안테나 방향 조정부를 제어하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
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