Patent ID: 8737252

Claim:
A method of wireless communication, comprising: determining a channel condition associated with each of a first carrier of a first base station and a second carrier of the first base station; assigning the first carrier to a first antenna element configuration; assigning the second carrier to a second antenna element configuration, the first antenna element configuration and the second antenna element configuration providing different coverage areas; transmitting, via the first carrier, a first portion of a data stream; and simultaneously transmitting, via the second carrier, a second portion of the data stream, wherein an amount of data in the first portion of the data stream and an amount of data in the second portion of the data stream is determined based on the determined channel conditions; wherein the first antenna element configuration has a different gain pattern than the second antenna element configuration; and wherein the first antenna element configuration points a bore sight in a first direction and the second antenna element configuration points the bore sight in a second direction.