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Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Erik Bengtsson, Eslöv, SE;

Thomas Bolin, Lund, SE;

Olof Zander, Södra Sandby, SE;

Zhinong Ying, Lund, SE;

Peter C. Karlsson, Lund, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Adaptive selection of antenna configurations by wireless nodes that comprise a plurality of antenna elements adapted for a plurality of different antenna configurations. The selection of the antenna configuration is made based on the quality of signal(s) received by the wireless node. The wireless nodes are operable for communication in the mm-wave frequency band and, in specific embodiments, the different antenna configurations include two or more of a wide-coverage area antenna configuration, a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) configuration and a Beamforming (BF) configuration.


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