Patent ID: 11894892
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A base station antenna system comprising:
a beamforming radio having a plurality of radio signal ports including first and second radio signal ports; and
an antenna array of radiating elements having a plurality of rows of radiating elements and a plurality of columns of radiating elements including first, second, third, and fourth columns of radiating elements, wherein the second column of radiating elements is between the first and third columns of radiating elements, and wherein the third column of radiating elements is between the second and fourth columns of radiating elements,
wherein the first radio signal port is coupled to at least one radiating element in the first column and to at least one radiating element in the third column, wherein the first radio signal port is coupled to no more than half of the radiating elements in the first column and to no more than half of the radiating elements in the third column, and wherein the first radio signal port is free of coupling with radiating elements of the second column, and
wherein the second radio signal port is coupled to at least one radiating element in the second column and to at least one radiating element in the fourth column, and wherein the second radio signal port is coupled to no more than half of the radiating elements of the second column and to no more than half of the radiating elements of the fourth column.