Patent ID: 9653795
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. A node in a wireless communication network, the node comprising: (a) at least two antenna columns physically separated from each other, each antenna column including: (b) at least two four-port power dividers/combiners, each power divider/combiner having a first port pair and a second port pair, each port pair has a first port and a second port associated with the first polarization and the second polarization, respectively, wherein for each power divider/combiner, power input into any port in a port pair is isolated from the other port in said port pair, but divided between the ports in the other port pair, and wherein, in a decreasing order with respect to a distance between antenna ports, antenna ports from a pair of different antenna columns which are most physically separated, and antenna ports of a pair of different antenna columns which are least physically separated, are cross-wise connected to the first port pair in corresponding power dividers/combiners, such that each first port and each second port of the first port pair are associated with orthogonal polarizations of corresponding different antenna columns.