US 11,722,905 B1
Dedicating antenna elements to specific wireless devices
Vanil Parihar, Overland Park, KS (US); Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US); Nitesh Manchanda, Overland Park, KS (US); and Rashmi Kumar, Herndon, VA (US)
Assigned to Sprint Spectrum LP, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,013.
Application 17/469,013 is a continuation of application No. 16/670,296, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,166,166.
Int. Cl. H04W 16/10 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/10 (2013.01) [H04B 7/06 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dedicating antenna elements to wireless devices including a first wireless device and a second wireless device both located in a common coverage area of the antenna elements, the method comprising:
determining that the first wireless device attached to an access node meets a set of criteria; and
responsive to determining that the first wireless device meets the set of criteria, configuring a first portion of the antenna elements of the access node to transmit and/or receive data information to and/or from the first wireless device, and configuring a second portion of the antenna elements to transmit and/or receive control information to and/or from the first wireless device.