Patent ID: 6999795

Claim:
A method of selectively directing base station RF communication signals in a wireless telecommunication system wherein a base station conducts wireless RF communications with a plurality of user equipments (UEs), the method comprising: determining an estimated location of a UE; determining relative location data using the estimated UE location and a known location of a base station antenna system; calculating beam forming criteria based in part on the relative location data; forming a directed beam for RF communication signals between said UE and said base station antenna system based on said calculated beam forming criteria such that said directed beam encompasses the estimated location of said UE; said calculating beam forming criteria including calculating transmission beam forming criteria based in part on the relative location data; said beam forming including forming a directed transmission beam of base station RF communication signals transmitted from said base station antenna system based on said calculated transmission beam forming criteria such that said directed transmission beam encompasses the estimated location of said UE; determining an estimated location for a plurality of UEs within a specified geographic range of the base station antenna system; determining relative location data of each UE using said estimated location and the known location of the base station antenna system; calculating transmission beam forming criteria based in part on the determined relative location data of at least first and second of said UEs; forming and transmitting from said base station antenna system a directed transmission beam of base station RF communication signals for said first UE based on said calculated transmission beam forming criteria such that said directed transmission beam encompasses the estimated location of said first UE; and forming and transmitting from said base station antenna system a directed transmission beam of base station RF communication signals for said second UE based on said calculated transmission beam forming criteria such that said directed transmission beam encompasses the estimated location of said second UE.