Patent ID: 9622242
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a communication system, comprising: determining whether a first sector of an access node is using beamforming to receive communication from a wireless device; determining whether a first angle of a first main beamforming lobe being used by the first sector to receive communication from the wireless device meets a first threshold criteria; determining whether a second sector of the access node is using beamforming to receive communication; determining whether a second angle of a second main beamforming lobe being used by the second sector to receive communication meets a second threshold criteria; and, based on at least one of whether the first sector of an access node is using beamforming to receive communication from the wireless device, whether the first threshold criteria is met, whether the second sector of the access node is using beamforming to receive communication, and whether the second threshold criteria is met, determining whether to use TTI bundling to communicate with the wireless device.