Patent ID: 11930559
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method of operating a wireless communication device to control Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers, the method comprising:
user circuitry determining radio band status for a radio band;
the user circuitry indicating the radio band status for the radio band to a radio;
the radio wirelessly indicating the radio band status for the radio band to a wireless access node that selects a number of the MIMO layers based on the radio band status for the radio band;
the radio wirelessly receiving signaling from the wireless access node that indicates the number of the MIMO layers and transferring the signaling to the user circuitry;
the radio wirelessly receiving the number of user data signals from the wireless access node over the radio band using the number of the MIMO layers and transferring the number of the user data signals to the user circuitry; and
the user circuitry isolating the number of the user data signals from the number of the MIMO layers in response to the signaling.