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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Nader El Chebib, Louisville, KY (US);
Edwin Ratchaganathan, Noblesville, IN (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes a first antenna array, and a sector scheduler. The sector scheduler determines if a number of transmit antennas of the first antenna array, that serves a location of a user equipment (UE), is less than a maximum multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) capability of the UE. The sector scheduler causes data to be transmitted to the UE via one or more transmit antennas of the first antenna array and at least one transmit antenna associated with a second antenna array of a selected adjacent sector based on the number of transmit antennas of the first antenna array being less than the maximum MIMO capability of the UE.