Patent ID: 9071311
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an antenna system, the antenna system including a control device and a plurality of antenna groups, each of which includes a plurality of antenna units, the method comprising the steps of: (A) controlling, using the control device, each of the antenna units of each of the antenna groups to receive one and the same test signal; (B) generating for each of the antenna units, using the control device, a quality indicator, which is associated with a signal quality of the test signal received at the respective antenna unit, with reference to the test signal received in step (A); and (C) selecting for each of said antenna groups, using the control device, one of the antenna units, the quality indicator corresponding to which indicates an optimum signal quality from among the antenna units of the respective antenna group, to be a working antenna unit of the respective antenna group for performing subsequent data transmission.