Patent ID: 9350442
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing communications in a wireless communication network including a base station and at least one associated respective mobile station, the method comprising: receiving mobility information about the at least one associated respective moving mobile station, from a mobility client located at the at least one associated respective moving mobile station, in a mobility server of the wireless communications network, wherein the mobility information includes location information, speed information and direction information of the movement of the moving mobile station; and using the mobility information from the mobility server for calculating antenna weights to be applied to antenna elements of an antenna array associated with the base station, for steering a beam generated by the antenna array to the moving mobile station using space-division multiple access (SDMA) and wherein the mobility server predicts a handover event of a moving mobile station to a new target cell of a base station and triggers the steering of a beam of an antenna array of the new target cell to the moving mobile station to be handed over to the new target cell.