Patent ID: 9357401
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A local base station in a system providing cell phone communications using a macrocell and a small cell sharing a common frequency band, wherein the macrocell is serviced by a master base station and the small cell is serviced by the local base station, said unit being a local base station exchanging signals with a first user device within said small cell, in which second user device is serviced within the macrocell via communication with the master base station, said local base station comprising: a composite antenna for receiving communications between the second user device and the master base station and for transmitting command signals to the second user device to instruct the second user device to select a beam direction to reduce interference within the small cell; and wherein the second user device includes: a composite antenna, for receiving command signals from said local base station and for generating a transmission beam to the master base station, the transmission beam having a beam direction; and a signal processor, responsive to receiving command signals from said local base station, for generating transmission signals to be transmitted to the master base station by said composite antenna as the transmission beam, wherein said signal processor is adapted to select the beam direction to minimize interference between the transmission beam and download signals from the local base station to the first user device.