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

Claim 17:
18. Then electronic device comprising at least one transmitter apparatus according to claim 12 and/or at least one receiver apparatus comprising:
a plurality of downconverters configured to downconvert the separate antenna signals;
one or more analog to digital converters; and
one or more multiplexers configurable in at least a first multiplexer configuration and a second multiplexer configuration, wherein;
when the one or more multiplexers are configured in the first multiplexer configuration, the plurality of downconverters and the one or more analog to digital converters are configured to enable 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 multiplexer 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.