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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2011
Howard C. Huang, New York, NY (US);
Dragan M. Samardzija, Highlands, NJ (US);
Reinaldo A. Valenzuela, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Cuong Tran, Howell, NJ (US);
Susan J. Walker, Freehold, NJ (US);
Howard C. Huang, New York, NY (US);
Dragan M. Samardzija, Highlands, NJ (US);
Reinaldo A. Valenzuela, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Cuong Tran, Howell, NJ (US);
Susan J. Walker, Freehold, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a conformal antenna array. Embodiments of the present invention provide a transceiver for communicating data in a cell site of a wireless communication system. The transceiver includes the conformal antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements, where the plurality of antenna elements has a non-linear antenna configuration to occupy at least two dimensions, and a controller configured to transmit multiple beamforming signals using at least two same antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements.