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US08406812B2 Downlink and uplink array and beamforming arrangement for wireless communication networks
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用于无线通信网络的下行链路和上行链路阵列和波束成形布置
- Patent Title: Downlink and uplink array and beamforming arrangement for wireless communication networks
- Patent Title (中): 用于无线通信网络的下行链路和上行链路阵列和波束成形布置
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Application No.: US12857622Application Date: 2010-08-17
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Publication No.: US08406812B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Martin Stevens Smith , Andrew James Urquhart , Julius George Robson , David Damian Nichols Bevan
- Applicant: Martin Stevens Smith , Andrew James Urquhart , Julius George Robson , David Damian Nichols Bevan
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Eric B. Meyertons
- Main IPC: H04B1/38
- IPC: H04B1/38

Abstract:
The invention provides an antenna array suitable for use in a base station in a wireless communications network, the antenna array having a first beamforming arrangement for producing uplink beams and a second beamforming arrangement for producing downlink beams, wherein the first and second beamforming arrangements are different from one another. Preferably the first and second beamforming arrangements feed a common antenna array to produce the uplink and downlink beams. Particularly preferably a plurality of (sin x/x) beams are formed for the uplink, and a plurality of low cusp beams are formed for the downlink. These are advantageously dual polar, in order to achieve diversity gain. In a preferred embodiment, the antenna array is arranged such that three dual polar low cusp beams are formed for the downlink, and six dual polar (sin x/x) beams are formed for the uplink. A cellular communications network and a base station transceiver having such antenna arrays are also provided, as are a radio signal transmitted as a plurality of (sin x/x) beams forming an uplink of a cellular communications network, and a method of operating a wireless communications network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100311469A1 Downlink and uplink array and beamforming arrangement for wireless communication networks Public/Granted day:2010-12-09
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