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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Sprint Communication Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Sungki Park, Ashburn, VA (US);
Brent Scott, Gardner, KS (US);
Saied Kazeminejad, Ashburn, VA (US);
Brett Christian, Independence, MO (US);
Senthil K. Veeraragavan, Ashburn, VA (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A switching device and a method and medium for using the switching device are provided. The switching device is associated with a remote radio unit (RRU) and an antenna of a base station and comprises a plurality of switching cables arranged in predetermined configurations including a single-layer beam forming configuration, a dual-layer beam forming configuration, and a MIMO configuration. In response to inputs received from UEs served by the base station, the switching device can implement the configuration best-suited to target the UEs.