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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martin Stevens Smith, Chelmsford, GB;
Andrew James Urquhart, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Julius George Robson, Sandown, GB;
David Damian Nicholas Bevan, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
System and methods of cellular communications network are described herein. In one system, an antenna array is described. The antenna array has a first beamforming arrangement for producing uplink beams and a second beamforming arrangement for producing downlink beams. The first and second beamforming arrangements are different from one another. The wireless communication network communicates with a mobile station by use of the uplink and downlink beamforming arrangements.