Patent ID: 9642018
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H01Q,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication arrangement, comprising: a first antenna mounted on a mast to transmit signals into the coverage area of the first antenna; a second antenna mounted on said mast to transmit signals into the coverage area of the second antenna, wherein the coverage areas of the first and the second antennas overlap, creating an overlap area; and a signal radiating device to control the first antenna to radiate downlink signals for reception by a mobile communication device, into said overlap area of the first antenna and the second antenna; wherein the signal radiating device is further configured to control the first antenna to produce the downlink signals, in such a manner so as to extend an area in which both a signal strength of the downlink signals by the first antenna for reception by the mobile communication device and a signal strength of downlink signals by the second antenna for reception by the mobile communication device are sufficient to complete a handover of the mobile communication device from the first antenna to the second antenna.