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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2018
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Walter F. Rausch, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for dynamically recalibrating a beamformer at a cell site based on changes to various characteristics, including environmental characteristics and signal characteristics. A change in temperature, pressure, moisture level, or wind speed may indicate that a recalibration of the beamformer should be triggered. Additionally, at least the phase and amplitude of a received signal from a beacon station, which is used as a reference point, can be compared to the phase and amplitude of a reference signal to determine if one or both of the phase and amplitude has significantly changed. Based on the analysis of the characteristics, recalibration of the beamformer may be triggered.