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Method of operating a base station and base station

US9408089B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 2011
Grant dateAug 2, 2016
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/54
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, of operating a base station (100) of a cellular communications network, wherein said base station (100) comprises at least one antenna (110), said method comprising a step of adjusting (200) a tilt angle (θ) of the antenna (110) and/or of a beam pattern of said antenna, wherein said step of adjusting (200) is performed depending on a quality measure which characterizer the quality of a signal transmission associated with said antenna (110).

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