Patent ID: 11962097
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A method according to claim 17 further comprising:
determining another second dimension of the arrangement in terms of a number of antenna elements based on the total number of the antenna elements of the antenna array, the number of radio frequency chains, the nominal beamwidth of the antenna elements and the angular spread;
determining another first dimension of the arrangement in terms of a number of antenna elements based on the another second dimension, the total number of the antenna elements of the antenna array and the number of radio frequency chains; and
determining another effective gain of the arrangement of the antenna elements having the another first and second dimensions,
wherein determining the arrangement of the antenna elements of the antenna array comprises determining the arrangement of the antenna elements of the antenna array based on the effective gain and the another effective gain.