Patent ID: 11962379
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A receiver apparatus comprising:
a plurality of downconverters configured to downconvert separate antenna signals;
one or more analog to digital converters; and
one or more multiplexers configurable in at least a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein;
when the one or more multiplexers are configured in the first configuration, the plurality of downconverters and the one or more analog to digital converters are configured to enable the separate antenna signals to be combined to provide hybrid beamforming or analog beamforming and when the one or more multiplexers are configured in the second configuration, the plurality of downconverters and the one or more analog to digital converters are configured to enable the separate antenna signals to be used to enable digital beamforming.