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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2003
Applicants:

Jari Hulkkonen, Oulu, FI;

Jyri K. Hämäläinen, Oulu, FI;

Tero Korpi, Oulu, FI;

Timo Kahkonen, Oulu, FI;

Mikko Saily, Oulu, FI;

Inventors:

Jari Hulkkonen, Oulu, FI;

Jyri K. Hämäläinen, Oulu, FI;

Tero Korpi, Oulu, FI;

Timo Kahkonen, Oulu, FI;

Mikko Saily, Oulu, FI;

Assignee:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An antenna arrangement, and a method associated with such arrangement, including at least two antennas for providing radio coverage to a plurality of user equipment in a predetermined area of a mobile communications network. The at least two different antennas are arranged to have different vertical properties to thereby provide different radio coverage in the predetermined area. There is provided a plurality of frequencies for use in the predetermined area. The arrangement includes adjusting means for dynamically adjusting the transmission properties of at least one of the antennas based on the distribution of users within the cell and the frequency requirements for users within the cell. The arrangement further includes allocating means for dynamically allocating each user equipment to at least one group based on link characteristics of the user equipment.


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