Patent ID: 11888237
Assignee: AIRSPAN IP HOLDCO LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:
providing a plurality of instances of the strip of antenna elements, the strip of antenna elements of each instance being positioned relative to the strip of antenna elements of each other instance so as to collectively form a two dimensional array of antenna elements, such that corresponding antenna elements from each strip of antenna elements extend in a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension;
controlling beamforming of a beam produced by the two dimensional array of antenna elements in the first dimension by controlling selection of a beamforming network used by the plurality of instances of the strip of antenna elements; and
performing a further operation to control beamforming of the beam produced by the two dimensional array of antenna elements in the second dimension.