US 12,081,303 B2
Method and apparatus to selectively utilize antennas of an antenna array
Darrell William Barabash, Grapevine, TX (US)
Assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/630,020
Filed by NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/043647
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/021077, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0255610 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/0686 (2013.01) [H01Q 3/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising processing circuitry and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
determine a number of antenna elements of an antenna array to disable to achieve a predefined objective; and
selectively utilize a plurality of antenna elements of the antenna array,
wherein the apparatus being caused to selectively utilize the plurality of antenna elements comprises identifying the antenna elements of the antenna array to disable based upon the number of antenna elements determined to be disabled and a distance of the antenna elements from a predefined location in relation to the antenna array and disabling the antenna elements of the antenna array that have been identified such that the antenna elements that are disabled are not utilized and do not comprise an active portion of the antenna array.