Method of calibrating an antenna system

Abstract

A method (20) of calibrating an antenna system (10) comprising a number of antenna elements is provided. The method (20) is performed in a control device (11) and comprises transmitting (21) a signal from a first reference antenna element selected among the antenna elements; measuring (22) the signal in two or more calibration antenna elements selected among the remaining antenna elements, and obtaining a first set of corresponding number of measurement values; repeating (23) the transmitting (21) and measuring (22) at least for a second reference antenna element different than the first reference antenna element, thereby obtaining a second set of corresponding number of measurement values, calculating (24) for each calibration antenna element j a correction value (A), based on the at least first and second sets of measurement values, thereby obtaining a correction matrix comprising for row i correction values for calibration antenna elements j relative antenna element k with antenna element i as the reference antenna element; performing (25) an optimization procedure using as input the correction matrix, wherein each column, except one, is multiplied with a respective constant Ci, thereby obtaining, for each row of the correction matrix, a respective optimized constant (B); and calculating (26) a correction value Δti for each antenna element based on the respective optimized constant (B). A control device, computer program and computer program products are also provided.

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