Patent ID: 11882626
Assignee: SPRINT SPECTRUM LP
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for selecting an antenna configuration for a wireless device based on a transmission type, the method comprising:
receiving, at an access node, a service request from the wireless device, the service request including an associated quality of service (QoS) identifier, the wireless device comprising a plurality of antennae;
determining, at the access node, different transmission types associated with communication between the access node and the wireless device based on the associated QoS identifier received with the service request;
correlating the different transmission types with antenna configurations of the wireless device based on a table associating a plurality of quality of service (QoS) QoS identifiers with a plurality of antenna configurations of the wireless device, the table including the associated QoS identifier included with the service request, the different transmission types respectively being associated with a transmission between the wireless device and the access node; and
based on the determined transmission type and the correlated antenna configurations from the table, transmitting an instruction from the access node to the wireless device to utilize one of the plurality of antenna configurations corresponding to the associated QoS identifier included with the service request,
wherein the different transmission types correspond to transmissions that use different radio access technologies (RATs), transmissions that use different frequencies, transmissions that use different MIMO configurations, or combinations thereof,
wherein the different antenna configurations comprise the selective activation and deactivation of different combinations of the plurality of antennae of the wireless device.