US 12,191,949 B2
Method and apparatus for antenna port switching in near field LoS MIMO
Sandy Saab, Plano, TX (US); Shadi Abu-Surra, Plano, TX (US); and Gang Xu, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,707.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,659, filed on May 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/191,198, filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376754 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04B 17/382 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 7/0608 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0619 (2013.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04B 17/382 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station comprising:
an antenna array comprising a first number of antenna ports;
a transceiver configured to communicate in a wireless communication medium; and
a processor configured to:
determine, based on the wireless communication medium, one or more parameters of the base station or a receive base station;
determine, based on the one or more parameters, a first distance between at least two antenna ports of the base station and a second distance between at least two antenna ports of the receive base station; and
select, based on the first distance and the second distance, a second number of antenna ports to perform a communication with the receive base station.