Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antenna system configuration
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Application No.: US15770422Application Date: 2015-11-23
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Publication No.: US10348381B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Niklas Jaldén , Henrik Asplund , David Astely , Fredrik Athley , Andreas Nilsson
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE
- Agency: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/077310 WO 20151123
- International Announcement: WO2017/088896 WO 20170601
- Main IPC: H04B7/08
- IPC: H04B7/08 ; H04B7/06 ; H04B17/10

Abstract:
There is provided mechanisms for configuring an antenna system having individual antenna elements arranged in at least two antenna subarrays. Each pair of antenna subarrays has a respective first spatial separation. Each pair of the individual antenna elements has a respective second spatial separation. A method is performed by a network device. The method includes obtaining channel measurements for each of the at least two antenna subarrays. Channel covariance information between the subarrays using the obtained channel measurements is determined. Channel covariance information between all individual antenna elements of the antenna system is determined by interpolating the channel covariance information between the subarrays according to a spatial relation between all first spatial separations and all second spatial separations. Combining of the individual antenna elements of the antenna system is controlled based on the determined channel covariance information between all the individual antenna elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180316402A1 ANTENNA SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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