Patent ID: 9722682
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04B

Claim:
1. A method for determining an operational mode for a device in a network, the method comprising: determining the device has a first antenna and a second antenna; determining a first number of multipath components and associated power levels for the first antenna; determining a second number of multipath components and associated power levels for the second antenna; determining a first angle of arrival (AoA) for at least one multipath component of the first antenna; determining a second AoA for at least one multipath component of the second antenna; determining the operational mode for the device based on the first number of multipath components and its associated power levels for the first antenna and the second number of multipath components and its associated power levels for the second antenna; determining a cell load on a cell associated with a base station in communication with the device, wherein cell load is a number of devices communicating with the base station; determining that the operational load should be implemented based on the cell load, the first AoA and the second AoA; and implementing the operational mode for the device.