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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Applicant:
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Chaitanya Chukka, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Matthew J. Masters, Greenfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 52/52 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/048 (2013.01); H04L 69/18 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 52/52 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for dynamically assigning a wireless communication protocol to one or more antenna elements of an antenna array. The methods can include receiving information associated with one or more user devices and, based on the received information, identifying one or more antenna elements of the antenna array, for switching between first and second wireless communication protocols. The methods can also include switching the one or more antenna elements between the first and second wireless communication protocols.