Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090197544 | DEVICE FOR IMPROVED ISOLATION CHARACTERISTICS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The invention discloses an apparatus in a wireless telecommunications system, comprising at least a first antenna of a first polarization and a second antenna of a second polarization. The apparatus additionally comprises a receiver and a transmitter, and is intended for communication with at least one other device in the wireless telecommunications system. The apparatus is equipped with means for estimating the polarization state of a signal which is received from the one other device, and the apparatus additionally comprises means for adapting the polarization state of signals transmitted from the apparatus to the one other device on the basis of said estimate of the received signal. | 08-06-2009 |
20090295474 | Device with Shared Power Amplifiers, For Use in a Wireless Telecommunications System - The invention discloses a device ( | 12-03-2009 |
20100075683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COVERAGE IN A CELULAR NETWORK - A sub-node, such as a repeater station or relay station, equipped with a multi-beam sub-node link antenna. The beams of the sub-node link antenna allow communication between the sub-node and at least two nodes (access points/base stations) | 03-25-2010 |
20100149068 | Dual Polarized Antenna With Null-Fill - The present invention relates to a dual polarized array antenna comprising at least two dual polarized antenna elements being arranged for radiating electromagnetic energy having a first polarization, constituting a first antenna radiation pattern, via a connection to a first antenna port, and electromagnetic energy having a second polarization, constituting a second antenna radiation pattern, via a connection to a second antenna port, the second polarization being orthogonal to the first polarization, the first antenna radiation pattern and second antenna radiation pattern each having a main beam and a number of side-lobes with nulls. The array antenna comprises at least one further dual polarized antenna element arranged for radiating electromagnetic energy having two mutually orthogonal polarizations, constituting further antenna radiation patterns, via respective connections to the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the polarization of said at least one further dual polarized antenna element that is associated with the first antenna port deviates from the first polarization such that said at least one null of the first antenna pattern is at least partly filled. | 06-17-2010 |
20100311457 | Method for Compensating a Radiation Beam by Beam Steering - The present invention relates to methods for adjusting a radiation beam pattern of an antenna arrangement providing coverage in an area. The antenna arrangement comprises an antenna having at least one array of antenna elements connected to a distribution network configured to generate the radiation beam pattern. The method comprises: arranging the antenna elements of said array in at least one column in an antenna plane in relation to a reference plane, each column comprising multiple antenna elements arranged in at least two sub-panels; arranging a motion sensor to the antenna arrangement, said motion sensor is configured to detect deviation of the antenna elements relative the reference plane; and adjusting a beam shape of the radiation beam pattern based on the detected deviation of the antenna to maintain coverage in the area by controlling the distribution network. The invention also relates to an antenna arrangement and base station. | 12-09-2010 |
20100328184 | Antenna Switching Arrangement - An antenna arrangement comprising an input/output connection and a first and a second tuning network with different transfer functions. The arrangement additionally comprises an antenna and a switch for connecting the input/output connection of the arrangement to one of said tuning networks, with a second switch for connecting the antenna of the arrangement to the tuning network to which the input/output connection of the arrangement has been connected. The arrangement comprises a sensor for sensing a form factor of the arrangement or of an apparatus in which the arrangement is used, and said sensor can be used for influencing said first and second switches, so that a device which has been connected to the arrangement may be connected to the antenna via a tuning network optimal for the current form factor of the arrangement. | 12-30-2010 |
20110095961 | ANTENNA CONFIGURATION PROVIDES COVERAGE - The invention provides an antenna arrangement for a wireless communication system arranged to have at least one transmit mode and at least one receive mode, the arrangement comprising at least three directional antennas ( | 04-28-2011 |
20120007789 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENTS - The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120069780 | Node in a Wireless Communication System With Different Antenna Diversity Methods For Uplink and Downlink - The present invention relates to anode ( | 03-22-2012 |
20120108186 | TRANSMITTER WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMIT ANTENNAS USING POLARIZATION - A transmitter for transmitting data in a cellular radio system is provided. The transmitter transmits data to User Equipment(s) using multiple transmitting antennas, using at least two polarization formers generating orthogonal polarizations of an input data stream. The transmitter further comprises a transmitter diversity arrangement adapted to receive input data to be transmitted to the User Equipment(s), where the transmitter diversity arrangement is connected to the input terminals of the polarization formers. By combining transmitter diversity with polarization former weights, orthogonality between multiple, in particular 4, transmitting antennas can be obtained. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108297 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR A RADIO BASE STATION IN A CELLULAR TELEPHONY SYSTEM - The invention discloses an antenna device for a radio base station in a cellular telephony system, which comprises a first and a second input connection for a first (D | 05-03-2012 |
20120319900 | ANTENNA WITH ADJUSTABLE BEAM CHARACTERISTICS - The present invention relates to an antenna comprising multiple array elements with a first and second feeding point, each associated with orthogonal polarizations, each array element has a first and second phase centre each associated with the orthogonal polarizations, the first and second phase centres of said array elements are arranged in at least two columns, and one antenna port connected to the first and second feeding points of at least two array elements with first phase centre and second phase centre arranged in the at least two columns via a respective feeding network. The feeding network comprises a beam forming network having a primary connection, connected to the antenna port, and at least four secondary connections. The beam forming network divides power between the first feeding point and the second feeding point and controls phase shift differences between the respective feeding points with phase centre arranged in different columns. | 12-20-2012 |
20130038506 | PLANAR ARRAY ANTENNA WITH REDUCED BEAMWIDTH - The present invention relates to a node ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130040651 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NODE WITH IMPROVED INTERFERENCE SITUATION - A node in a wireless communication system comprising at least a first cell region and a second cell region, where cell borders delimit between different cell regions. The node comprises at least a first antenna function with a first antenna radiation lobe and a second antenna function with a second antenna radiation lobe, the radiation lobes being arranged to cover the first cell region at the same time. For each cell region, only one of the antenna radiation lobes is intended for communication at each cell border. Furthermore, the first antenna radiation lobe is arranged for signals at a first frequency band, and the second antenna radiation lobe is arranged for signals at least a second frequency band. | 02-14-2013 |
20130162500 | MIMO COVERAGE OVER BI-DIRECTIONAL LEAKY CABLES - The invention relates to a wireless communications system for communicating with user equipment located inside a physical structure. The system comprise a node having at least two antenna ports and being adapted for wireless communication with the user equipment, and at least one leaky cable having two ends wherein each end of the at least one leaky cable is connected to one of the antenna ports of the node. The at least one leaky cable is provided at least partially inside the physical structure and being adapted for wireless communication over a radio channel with the user equipment. | 06-27-2013 |
20140079156 | Signal Combiner, Method, Computer Program and Computer Program Product - It is presented a signal combiner for combining transmission signals to foe supplied to four antennas devices, wherein two of the antenna devices are polarised in a first orientation and two of the antenna devices are polarised in a second orientation essentially orthogonal to the first orientation. The signal combiner comprises: four input connections arranged to receive the transmission signals; four output connections arranged to drive a respective one of the four of antenna devices using respective output signals. The signal combiner is arranged to combine transmission signals supplied on each input connection to all of the four output connections using beam forming and phase adjustment, such that, in use, each supplied transmission signal generates a central beam polarised in the first orientation and a side beam polarised in the second orientation, It is also presented a corresponding method, computer program and computer program product. | 03-20-2014 |
20140092835 | Radio Resource Assignment Coordination in Superdense Networks - A network controller as well as a method in a network controller for coordinating resource assignments to radio access points of a superdense, SDN, network is provided. The method comprises identifying a set of radio access points in the SDN network whose respective radio resource assignment is to be independently coordinated. The method also comprises obtaining interference information indicative of the extent to which radio transmissions to or from different radio access points in the set would interfere with one another absent radio resource assignment coordination. The method then forms subsets of the radio access points in the set based on this obtained interference information. The method also assigns different subsets of radio resources to the different subsets of the radio access points, and reports assignment information to the radio access points in the set, indicating the assignment of radio resources. | 04-03-2014 |
20140120923 | ARRAY ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - A wireless communication system comprising at least one base station in a communication cell, wherein the base station is equipped with at least one array antenna comprising at least two antenna ports which are connected to respective at least two corresponding antenna elements, wherein at least two of the at least two antenna elements have essentially the same polarization. The array antenna is arranged for communication via at least two antenna radiation lobes, each antenna radiation lobe communicating an information stream to at least one user equipment (UE) in the cell, wherein each antenna radiation lobe is individually controllable both in azimuth and elevation, whereby the communication of the information streams is optimized. | 05-01-2014 |
20150180121 | LOAD BALANCING OF DUAL-POLARIZED ANTENNAS - There is provided a dual-polarized N/2-column antenna arrangement. The antenna module arrangement comprises a coupler module. The coupler module is arranged to direct a first summation of energy from signals from a first distinct set of power amplifiers of an N-channel radio to a first single output port connected to a first polarization of a first column of the dual-polarized N/2-column antenna arrangement. The coupler module is arranged to direct a second summation of energy from signals from a second distinct set of power amplifiers of the N-channel radio to a second single output port connected to a second polarization of a second column of the dual-polarized N/2-column antenna arrangement. | 06-25-2015 |