Patent ID: 8233941
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. In a communication system comprising a plurality of antennas, a method of communicating with at least a second communication system, the method comprising: determining whether communicating with the second communication system utilizing a plurality of antennas of the communication system in a beam-forming configuration is preferable to utilizing a plurality of antennas of the communication system in a MIMO or MISO configuration, if it is determined that the beam-forming configuration is preferable to the MIMO or MISO configuration, then configuring the communication system to communicate with the second communication system by utilizing a plurality of antennas of the communication system in the beam-forming configuration to form a directional signal; and if it is determined that the MIMO or MISO configuration is preferable to the beam-forming configuration, then configuring the communication system to communicate with the second communication system by utilizing a plurality of antennas of the communication system in the MIMO or MISO configuration to communicate using MIMO or MISO signals.