Antenna array operation control

An arrangement for controlling operations of an antenna array comprising two or more controllable sections and antenna ports connectable to transceiver circuitry, the arrangement comprising controlling circuitry configured to cause:

• determination of a scenario of one of transmission and reception by the antenna array, the scenario being defined in terms of a requirement for a number of users intended as one of receivers and transmitters, respectively, of the one of the transmission and reception and in terms of one or more of:
• a path loss requirement;
• a peak rate requirement;
• and
• a traffic capacity requirement;
• and
• configuration of the transceiver circuitry responsive to the determined scenario, the configuration comprising, for the one of the transmission and the reception, one or more of:
• allocating, for each user, a number of sections of the two or more sections of the antenna array and determining a sub-division of the allocated sections;
• determination, for each user, of a number of information data layers for multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, application;
• and
• allocating, for each user, a bandwidth;
• and
• a multiplexer, controlled by the controlling circuitry and configured to distribute an incoming information stream for each user into a number of streams corresponding to the allocated number of sections, the sub-division of the allocated sections, and the determined number of information data layers.

A network node comprising an arrangement, for controlling operations of an antenna array comprising two or more controllable sections and antenna ports connectable to transceiver circuitry, the arrangement comprising controlling circuitry configured to cause:

• determination of a scenario of one of transmission and reception by the antenna array, the scenario being defined in terms of a requirement for a number of users intended as one of receivers and transmitters, respectively, of the one of the transmission and reception and in terms of one or more of:
• a path loss requirement;
• a peak rate requirement;
• and
• a traffic capacity requirement;
• and
• configuration of the transceiver circuitry responsive to the determined scenario, the configuration comprising, for the one of the transmission and the reception, one or more of:
• allocating, for each user, a number of sections of the two or more sections of the antenna array and determining a sub-division of the allocated sections;
• determination, for each user, of a number of information data layers for multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, application;
• and
• allocating, for each user, a bandwidth;
• and
• a multiplexer, controlled by the controlling circuitry and configured to distribute an incoming information stream for each user into a number of streams corresponding to the allocated number of sections, the sub-division of the allocated sections, and the determined number of information data layers.