Array antennas including non-uniform antenna elements
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1. A network node comprising:
- transceiver circuitry configured to provide communications in a cellular or short-range wireless network; and
a non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements on a common, continuous flat plane and coupled to the transceiver circuitry, the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements comprising a plurality of columns and/or a plurality of rows of array antenna elements on the common, continuous flat plane,wherein sizes of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, antenna types of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, and/or tilt angles of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements differ among the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements,wherein the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements comprises at least one hundred antenna elements on the common, continuous flat plane,wherein the plurality of columns and/or plurality of rows of array antenna elements comprises a first group of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements adjacent a second group of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements,wherein the first group comprises an array comprising the plurality of columns and/or plurality of rows of antenna elements,wherein each antenna element in the array is coupled to a different antenna feed, andwherein the second group comprises a sub-array comprising a plurality of antenna elements that are coupled to a same antenna feed.
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Abstract
Network nodes including a non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements coupled to transceiver circuitry configured to provide communications in a cellular or short-range wireless network are provided. Sizes of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, distances between adjacent ones of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, tilt of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, and/or antenna types of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements differ among the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements.
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1. A network node comprising:
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transceiver circuitry configured to provide communications in a cellular or short-range wireless network; and a non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements on a common, continuous flat plane and coupled to the transceiver circuitry, the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements comprising a plurality of columns and/or a plurality of rows of array antenna elements on the common, continuous flat plane, wherein sizes of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, antenna types of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, and/or tilt angles of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements differ among the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, wherein the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements comprises at least one hundred antenna elements on the common, continuous flat plane, wherein the plurality of columns and/or plurality of rows of array antenna elements comprises a first group of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements adjacent a second group of the non-uniform plurality of array antenna elements, wherein the first group comprises an array comprising the plurality of columns and/or plurality of rows of antenna elements, wherein each antenna element in the array is coupled to a different antenna feed, and wherein the second group comprises a sub-array comprising a plurality of antenna elements that are coupled to a same antenna feed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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