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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Ming Li, Stockholm, SE;
Huaisong Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/10 (2015.01); H04B 17/17 (2015.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 17/102 (2015.01); H04B 17/17 (2015.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for fault mitigation in a base station are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a faulty antenna element in an antenna array is detected. The antenna array transmits a first beam covering a predetermined range of directions. A target direction in which radiation power dropped due to a fault of the detected faulty antenna element is determined. A second beam pointing to the determined target direction is generated.