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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1997
Paul Barton, Torquay, GB;
Jeffrey Graham Searle, Nr Brixham, GB;
Peter John Chrystie, Brixham, GB;
Keith Russell Edwards, Paignton, GB;
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
An antenna arrangement (10) for a cellular radio base station is provided with a plurality of r.f. transceivers, including one or more antenna arrays (12) each comprising a plurality of sub-arrays (20) each selectively operpable to form a beam in azimuth. Each sub-army is provided with elevation beamforming means (24) and individual transmit and receive amplifiers (30,32). Each sub-array beamformer is coupled to at least one r.f. transmitter feed (26)nd each r.f. receiver feed is coupled to at least two sub-array beamformers, the sub-arrays of each antenna array together forming a multiplicity of separate substantially coincident beams in azimuth. A method of operation is also disclosed.