Patent ID: 9525204
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H01Q

Claim Text:
1. A wireless network element operably couplable to an antenna array, wherein the wireless network element comprises: a receiver arranged to receive and process at least one signal from at least one remote wireless communication unit via at least one first radiating element of the antenna array; a beam scanning module arranged to sweep a radiation pattern created by the antenna array through a sector of a communication cell, such that the at least one signal from the at least one remote wireless communication unit is processed by the beam scanning module to identify signal parameters representative of incoming signal power and an angle of arrival index that corresponds to a beam angle to which the incoming signal power is measured, wherein the receiver and the beam scanning module are arranged to operate such that live traffic processing by the wireless network element is undisrupted; a database operably coupled to the beam scanning module, the database arranged to record values representative of incoming signal power and angle of arrival index for a plurality of remote wireless communication units; and a signal processor arranged to determine an antenna parameter based on the values in the database and to provide the antenna parameter to a radiating element of the antenna array to thereby enable the radiation pattern to be adjusted.