Patent ID: 7088288
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling an antenna system of a wireless communication network having a plurality of cells, said method comprising the steps of: determining antenna weights of an antenna array to enable communication between a base station within a sector of said wireless communication network and said wireless communication device within said wireless communication network; storing said antenna weights in a remotely programmable memory associated with said base station of said wireless communication network; programming a modulator/demodulator in programmable logic of a programmable logic device of said base station; applying predetermined stored antenna weights to said antenna array of said base station based upon a location of said wireless communication device; detecting multi-path interference within said sector of said wireless communication network; recalculating antenna weights for said sector based upon said multi-path interference within said sector of said wireless communication network; remotely downloading said recalculated antenna weights to said base station of said wireless communication network; updating said antenna weights stored in said remotely programmable memory with said recalculated weights; and enabling reprogramming said modulator/demodulator in said programmable logic of said programmable logic device.