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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Rouzbeh Razavi, Dublin, IE;
Holger Claussen, Straffan, IE;
Inventors:
Rouzbeh Razavi, Dublin, IE;
Holger Claussen, Straffan, IE;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/06 (2009.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 16/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/06 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 16/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided in a small cell base station comprising multiple antennas of controlling reception pattern by selecting a subset of the antennas for use. The method comprises determining a ranking value for each of subsets of the antennas dependent upon measurements of received signal quality, and choosing the subset of the antennas for use that provides the highest ranking value.