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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2011
Adoram Erell, Herzliya, IL;
Daniel Yellin, Ra'anana, IL;
Krishna Srikanth Gomadam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Adoram Erell, Herzliya, IL;
Daniel Yellin, Ra'anana, IL;
Krishna Srikanth Gomadam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD, Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A method includes receiving in a receiver transmissions from a serving cell that serves the receiver and from one or more neighbor cells. The transmissions are received via multiple receive antennas to produce multiple respective output signals. The multiple output signals are weighed with respective weights, and the weighted output signals are combined to produce a combined output signal. The weights are selected so as to form a composite antenna pattern having a first antenna gain in one or more first directions that point toward the neighbor cells, and a second antenna gain, lower than the first antenna gain, in a second direction that points toward the serving cell. Characteristics of the one or more neighbor cells are measured by processing the combined output signal in which the transmissions received from the serving cell are attenuated.