Method and apparatus for tilting beams in a mobile communications network
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1. An antenna array for a mobile communications network comprising:
- at least one mechanical device for altering a direction of at least one antenna array element for transceiving a first radio beam of first protocol passive radio signals; and
an electronic beam forming apparatus of the antenna array element for shaping independently a second radio beam of second protocol active radio signals; and
a protocol processing network adapted to electronically process the second protocol active radio signals.
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Abstract
An antenna array for a mobile communications network is disclosed which comprise mechanical devices for altering a direction of a first beam and electronic beam forming apparatus for shaping a second beam. A method for tilting radio beams in a mobile communications network using the antenna array is also disclosed. The method comprises mechanical tilting a first protocol radio beam and electronic tilting a second protocol radio beam.
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1. An antenna array for a mobile communications network comprising:
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at least one mechanical device for altering a direction of at least one antenna array element for transceiving a first radio beam of first protocol passive radio signals; and an electronic beam forming apparatus of the antenna array element for shaping independently a second radio beam of second protocol active radio signals; and a protocol processing network adapted to electronically process the second protocol active radio signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16)
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7. A method for tilting radio beams in a mobile communications network using an antenna array comprising:
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mechanical tilting of at least one antenna array element transceiving a first radio beam of first protocol passive radio signals; and
independentlyelectronic beam forming of a second radio beam of second protocol active radio signals within the at least one antenna array element; and electronically processing the second protocol active radio signals by a protocol processing network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17)
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13. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to execute instructions that enable a processor to carry out a method for tilting radio beams in a mobile communications network using an antenna array wherein the method comprises:
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mechanical tilting of at least one antenna array element transceiving a first radio beam of first protocol passive radio signals; and
independentlyelectronic beam forming of a second radio beam of the second protocol active radio signals within the at least one antenna array element electronically processing the second protocol active radio signals.
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