US 12,341,251 B2
Antenna apparatus
Mikko Komulainen, Oulu (FI); Juha Samuel Hallivuori, Tampere (FI); Willem Verbiest, Sint-Gillis-Waas (BE); Ronny Peeters, Hoboken (BE); Natalia Dementieva, Antwerp (BE); Nikolaus Singer, Gablitz (AT); and Nikolas Olaziregi, Antwerp (BE)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed by NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,892.
Claims priority of application No. 21208707 (EP), filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0155298 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/062 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H01Q 1/525 (2013.01); H04L 5/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements, the antenna array comprising one or more grouping of the plurality of antenna elements configured to provide:
a first configuration in which the one or more grouping of the plurality of antenna elements supports at least transmission of a signal according to a first antenna system, wherein the first configuration comprises substantially all of the plurality of antenna elements configured for use as a single array, and wherein the first antenna system comprises a Single Input, Single Output antenna system or the first configuration comprises at least two sub arrays formed from the one or more grouping of the plurality of antenna elements such that the first antenna system comprises a Multiple Input, Multiple Output antenna system;
a second configuration in which the one or more grouping of the plurality of antenna elements supports at least reception of a signal according to a second antenna system, wherein the second configuration comprises at least two sub arrays formed from the one or more grouping of the plurality of antenna elements, and wherein the second antenna system comprises a Multiple Input, Multiple Output antenna system having more sub arrays than the sub arrays that comprise the Multiple Input, Multiple Output antenna system of the first antenna system; and
circuitry configured to reconfigure the antenna array from the first configuration to the second configuration during a reception time slot.