Patent ID: 11862860
Assignee: L3VEL, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A radio module for a wireless communication node, the radio module comprising:
a phased antenna array comprising a first set of antenna elements having a first polarization and a second set of antenna elements having a second polarization;
a radio frequency (RF) module comprising a plurality of RF chains that are configured to feed the first and second sets of antenna elements in the phased antenna array;
a control unit that is configured to control an activation state of each antenna element in the phased antenna array; and
a plurality of beam narrowing modules comprising:
a first beam narrowing module corresponding to the first polarization and configured to (i) receive signals emitted by at least a subset of antenna elements from the first set of antenna elements having the first polarization when active and (ii) consolidate the received signals into a first narrow beam composite signal having the first polarization; and
a second beam narrowing module corresponding to the second polarization and configured to (i) receive signals emitted by at least a subset of antenna elements from the second set of antenna elements having the second polarization when active and (ii) consolidate the received signals into a second narrow beam composite signal having the second polarization.