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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Jian Wen Chen, Beijing, CN;
Yonghua Lin, Beijing, CN;
Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Qing Wang, Beijing, CN;
Zhen BO Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Jian Wen Chen, Beijing, CN;
Yonghua Lin, Beijing, CN;
Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Qing Wang, Beijing, CN;
Zhen Bo Zhu, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A base station apparatus adaptive for antenna arrays including at least one radio frequency (RF) header module, at least one data processing apparatus, and transceiving apparatus for transceiving data between the at least one radio frequency (RF) header module and the at least one data processing apparatus. The transceiving apparatus includes an uplink module to group data received by the RF header module according to grouping configuration information, and to transfer the grouped data to the data processing apparatus; and a downlink module to degroup the data from the data processing apparatus according to the grouping configuration information, and to transfer the degrouped data to the RF header module. Also provided are methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing a computer implemented method of sending and receiving data for a base station.