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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Method and system of selecting antennas and equipment for use within a wireless communication system
John Cheong-wai Ngan, Shawnee, KS (US);
John Cheong-Wai Ngan, Shawnee, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method and system of selecting antennas and/or equipment for use within a wireless communication system is disclosed. A cell site may have one antenna-arrangement shared between multiple groups of radio equipment that are each operated by respective wireless service providers at the cell site. The cell site may also have a base station controller that may select from the shared antenna-arrangement an antenna for radiating signals from the groups of radio equipment. The base station controller may also select from the multiple groups of radio equipment a group of radio equipment for processing signals received at the shared antenna-arrangement.