Base station and operating method thereof

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United States of America

PATENT NO 10581494
APP PUB NO 20180054239A1
SERIAL NO

15651000

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A base station, e.g., for massive MIMO, has channel receivers, each connected to a respective antenna among a plurality of antennas to receive an RF transmission signal generated by a communication device (CD). Each channel receiver has a channel front-end module, which has a first bandwidth and converts the RF transmission signal into one or more first analog baseband signals. The channel receivers are collectively operable to define a spatial beam focus at the CD, based on channel state information of the CD. The base station has pilot signal receivers, each connected to a respective antenna among the plurality of antennas to receive an RF pilot signal generated by the CD or another CD. Each pilot signal receiver has a pilot signal front-end module, which has a second bandwidth that is smaller than the first bandwidth and converts the RF pilot signal into one or more second analog baseband signals.

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  • SONY CORPORATION OF JAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bengtsson, Erik Eslöv, SE 174 751
Zander, Olof Södra Sandby, SE 100 196

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