Patent ID: 9621247
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H01Q,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of configuring a plurality of switching cables of a switching device associated with a split remote radio unit (RRU) and an antenna of a base station, the method comprising: determining that a plurality of UEs is served by a first T/R side of the split RRU; monitoring one or more inputs received from the plurality of UEs to determine whether the plurality of UEs is transmitting/receiving at a serving cell edge of the base station, or whether the plurality of UEs is transmitting/receiving at a location close to the base station; upon determining that the plurality of UEs is transmitting/receiving at the serving cell edge, implementing a predetermined beam forming configuration for the first T/R side by communicatively coupling a plurality of radio head ports of the split RRU to a plurality of antenna ports of the antenna in a first predetermined pattern via the plurality of switching cables of the switching device; and upon determining that the plurality of UEs is transmitting/receiving at the location close to the base station, implementing a predetermined MIMO configuration for the first T/R side by communicatively coupling the plurality of radio head ports of the split RRU to the plurality of antenna ports of the antenna in a second predetermined pattern via the plurality of switching cables of the switching device.