Patent ID: 9621250
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a femto access point for providing wireless access for a user equipment to a femto cell of a telecommunication network, the femto access point comprising, a controller for controlling an antenna adapted to operate with different spatial characteristic antenna patterns for communication with one or more stationary wireless devices located within a pre-determined access range of the femto access point, wherein the antenna comprises at least two antenna elements and the different spatial characteristic antenna patterns are achievable by varying a phase shift between the antenna elements, and the phase shift is applied both when the femto access point is transmitting and receiving a radio signal wherein the transmission to and reception from the antenna is enhanced for wireless communication in the pre-determined access range of the femto access point, and wherein the different spatial characteristic antenna patterns includes antenna patterns optimized for the transmission and reception of wireless communication between the femto access point and the one or more stationary wireless devices located within the pre-determined access range, and a transceiver unit, coupled to the antenna and adapted to activate at least one of the different spatial characteristic antenna patterns, wherein the transceiver unit comprises a learning system for user equipment including a memory for storing spatial characteristic antenna patterns obtained during a training session, which, after having been successfully trained, is adapted to select an appropriate spatial characteristic antenna pattern from the memory for non-mobile user equipment.