Patent ID: 8666451

Claim:
A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising: an array antenna comprising a first antenna element, a second antenna element, a third antenna element, and a fourth antenna element, wherein each of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, the third antenna element, and the fourth antenna element is arranged for a first polarization and a second polarization, the first polarization and the second polarization being essentially de-correlated, wherein the first polarization of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, the third antenna element, and the fourth antenna element is connected to respective a first feeding line, a second feeding line, a third feeding line, and a fourth feeding line via respective a first antenna port, a second antenna port, a third antenna port, a fourth antenna port, wherein the second polarization of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, the third antenna element, and the fourth antenna element is connected to respective a fifth feeding line, a sixth feeding line, a seventh feeding line, and an eighth feeding line via respective a fifth antenna port, a sixth antenna port, a seventh antenna port, an eighth antenna port, wherein the first feeding line and the second feeding line are connected to a first power divider, wherein the third feeding line and the fourth feeding line are connected to a second power divider, wherein the fifth feeding line and the seventh feeding line are connected to a third power divider, wherein the sixth feeding line and the eighth feeding line are connected to a fourth power divider, wherein the first power divider and the second power divider are connected to a first beam-forming device, wherein the third power divider and the fourth power divider are connected to a second beam-forming device, wherein the first antenna element, the second antenna element, the third antenna element, and the fourth antenna element are mutually separated by approximately 0.5-1 wavelengths in a horizontal plane for beam-forming in azimuth, and wherein the first antenna element, the second antenna element, the third antenna element, and the fourth antenna element are mutually separated by approximately 0.5-4 wavelengths in a vertical plane for beam-forming in elevation.