Antenna array and method for operating antenna array
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1. An active antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements comprising:
- at least one first subset of the plurality of antenna elements, the at least one first subset relaying a first radio signal having a first antenna beam pattern; and
at least one second subset of the plurality of antenna elements, the at least one second subset relaying a second radio signal having a second antenna beam pattern,wherein one of the plurality of antenna elements is a common antenna element belonging to both the at least one first subset and the at least one second subset, andwherein a non-common antenna element of the at least one first subset and a non-common antenna element of the at least one second subset are connected to one common transceiver module feeding power to the non-common antenna elements, and wherein the common antenna element is connected to a second transceiver module;
wherein a total output power of said one common transceiver module is split up into a first radio signal power of the first signal relayed through the non-common antenna element of the at least one first subset and a second radio signal power of the second signal relayed through the non-common antenna element of the at least one second subset.
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Abstract
The present invention refers to an active antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements comprising: at least one first subset of the plurality of antenna elements, the at least one first subset relaying a first radio signal having a first antenna beam pattern; and at least one second subset of the plurality of antenna elements, the at least one second subset relaying a second radio signal having a second antenna beam pattern, wherein at least one of the plurality of antenna elements is a common antenna element belonging to both the first subset and the second subset. A method for operating the active antenna array is also disclosed.
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1. An active antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements comprising:
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at least one first subset of the plurality of antenna elements, the at least one first subset relaying a first radio signal having a first antenna beam pattern; and at least one second subset of the plurality of antenna elements, the at least one second subset relaying a second radio signal having a second antenna beam pattern, wherein one of the plurality of antenna elements is a common antenna element belonging to both the at least one first subset and the at least one second subset, and wherein a non-common antenna element of the at least one first subset and a non-common antenna element of the at least one second subset are connected to one common transceiver module feeding power to the non-common antenna elements, and wherein the common antenna element is connected to a second transceiver module; wherein a total output power of said one common transceiver module is split up into a first radio signal power of the first signal relayed through the non-common antenna element of the at least one first subset and a second radio signal power of the second signal relayed through the non-common antenna element of the at least one second subset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 17)
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7. A method for operating an active antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements, the method comprising:
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relaying a first radio signal having a first antenna beam pattern through at least one first subset of the plurality of antenna elements; and relaying a second radio signal having a second antenna beam pattern through at least one second subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein one of the plurality of antenna elements is used as a common antenna element belonging to both the at least one first subset and the at least one second subset, and wherein further the first signal relayed through a non-common antenna element of the at least one first subset and the second signal relayed through a non-common antenna element of the at least one second subset are processed in one common transceiver module feeding power to the non-common antenna elements, and wherein the first signal and the second signal relayed through the common antenna element are processed in a second transceiver module. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16)
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14. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and the computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions for causing an active antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements to:
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a. relaying a first radio signal having a first antenna beam pattern through at least one first subset of the plurality of antenna elements; and b. relaying a second radio signal having a second antenna beam pattern through at least one second subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein one of the plurality of antenna elements is used as a common antenna element belonging to both the at least one first subset and the at least one second subset, and wherein further the first signal relayed through a non-common antenna element of the at least one first subset and the second signal relayed through a non-common antenna element of the at least one second subset are processed in one common transceiver module feeding power to the non-common antenna elements, and wherein the first signal and the second signal relayed through the common antenna element are processed in a second transceiver module.
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