Patent ID: 9603026
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of wireless communications implementable in a cellular network comprising a cell served by multiple antennas located at one or more base stations configured to provide wireless services to a wireless device in the cell, comprising: configuring a first antenna group to include a first antenna from the multiple antennas located at the one or more base stations to transmit common system information, a common reference signal, and data according to a first format and a second format to the wireless device in the cell; configuring a second antenna group to include a second antenna different from the first antenna to transmit data according to the second format, without transmitting common system information or common reference signals, to the wireless device in the cell; and dynamically assigning, based on a network operational status, antennas from the multiple antennas located at the one or more base stations to either the first antenna group or the second antenna group.