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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Zhan Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Huaisong Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A lens antenna and a lens antenna array are disclosed. A radio device and a method performed by the radio device are also disclosed. The lens antenna may include a lens, and two or more sets of antenna elements which are respectively disposed on two or more imaginary surfaces on a lateral side of the lens. The two or more imaginary surfaces may have different distances to a center point of the lens. The lens antenna array may include a plurality of lens antennas described above. The antenna elements in the plurality of lens antennas may be disposed on a same lateral side of the lenses in the plurality of lens antennas. A method for selecting antenna elements is performed by the radio device controlling the lens antenna or lens antenna array, when the lens antenna or lens antenna array operates as transmission or reception radio antennas.