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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Seung Eun Hong, Daejeon, KR;
Moon Sik Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Young Seog Song, Daejeon, KR;
Jun Hwan Lee, Seoul, KR;
Eun Young Choi, Daejeon, KR;
II Gyu Kim, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Seung Chan Bang, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
There are provided an antenna apparatus and a method of handover using the antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus may comprise a plurality of antenna elements forming a plurality of beams in a predetermined service area. The plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a plurality of rows, and a number of antenna elements included in an uppermost row of the plurality of rows is smaller than a number of antenna elements included in a downmost row of the plurality of rows, and differences between center angles of beams formed by the antenna elements included in the downmost row are larger than differences between center angles of beams formed by the antenna elements included in the uppermost row.