Patent ID: 11916632
Assignee: KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS (SAN DIEGO), INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An antenna system comprising:
an antenna array having a plurality of first antenna elements and a plurality of second antenna elements, the plurality of first antenna elements respectively operable to communicate one or more signals via a communication protocol; and
a control circuit configured to control operation of one or more of the second antenna elements in a first mode or a second mode,
wherein in the first mode, a first subset of the second antenna elements is configured to provide a secondary function to support communication of the first antenna elements via the communication protocol and a second subset of the second antenna elements is configured to support beam forming of the first antenna elements or beam steering of the first antenna elements; and
wherein in the second mode, one or more of the second antenna elements are configured to support beam forming of the first antenna elements or beam steering of the first antenna elements.