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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Applicants:
Hong Yang, Ledgewood, NJ (US);
Thomas Marzetta, Summit, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Hong Yang, Ledgewood, NJ (US);
Thomas Marzetta, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/0426 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04B 7/0426 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A central node of a Massive Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) system includes a processor and a transceiver. The processor is configured to determine a number of active antennas to be used to serve users in at least one cell of the Massive MIMO system based on wireless network parameters for the Massive MIMO system. The transceiver is configured to transmit the determined number of active antennas to a Massive MIMO base station in the at least one cell.