ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,995, issued on May 19, was assigned to NTT DOCOMO Inc. (Tokyo).
"Terminal and communication method" was invented by Masaya Okamura (Tokyo), Tomoya Ohara (Tokyo) and Hiroki Harada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive information indicating an expected angle of UL-AoA (Uplink Angle of Arrival) from a base station; a control unit configured to determine a beam to be applied to UL-PRS (Positioning Reference Signal), based on the information indicating the expected angle of UL-AoA; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the UL-PRS by applying the determined beam."
The pa...