Patent ID: 6609012
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A method for selecting one of the multiple base station antennas in a mobile communications system that employs a base station having multiple base station antennas, wherein each of the multiple base station antennas covers a corresponding sector of a cell associated with the base station comprising the steps of:transmitting a plurality of sector messages from the base station, wherein each of the plurality of sector messages is associated with a corresponding sector of the cell and includes an antenna identity associated with the corresponding antenna; receiving the plurality of sector messages transmitted by the base station at a mobile terminal and determining a signal quality associated with each of the plurality of received sector messages; selecting one of the multiple antennas as a function of the signal quality determination at the mobile terminal; transmitting an antenna selection request message from the mobile terminal to the base station; receiving the antenna selection request message from the mobile terminal at the base station; determining whether the antenna selection request message is to be approved at the base station; and transmitting an antenna selection request approval confirmation to the mobile terminal upon the base station approval.