Patent ID: 9191956
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of wireless communication elements for providing wireless service to a geographic area of interest, each wireless communication element comprising at least an antenna port and at least one antenna, one or more of the plurality of wireless communication elements including a plurality of antenna ports; and a controller for controlling the wireless communication elements, wherein the controller is configured to determine respective ones of the wireless communication elements that are to be activated or not activated; and wherein the controller is configured to determine respective ones of the plurality of antenna ports of a respective wireless communication element that are to be activated or not activated; wherein one or more of the plurality of wireless communication elements includes a plurality of antennas; and wherein the plurality of antennas of at least one of the plurality of wireless communication elements are arrayed horizontally and aligned tangentially to a tier of wireless communication elements around a periphery of a circumference of the geographic area of interest, with a main beam of one or more of the wireless communication elements configured to point along a radius to an interior of a space defined by the plurality of wireless communication elements.