Base stations and methods for wireless communication networks
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsTao HUANG, Junming LI, Yin LIU
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Abstract
Base stations and methods for wireless communication networks, the base station having: a baseband processing unit; a first radio module including a digital signal processing block connected to the baseband processing unit, wherein the digital signal processing block is further connected to a first antenna; a second radio module connected to the baseband processing unit and having a second antenna; wherein the base station is configured to activate and deactivate the first radio module and second radio module based on the data capacity requirements of the wireless communication network.
Claims22
A base station for a wireless communications network comprising:
- a baseband processing unit;
- a first radio module comprising a digital signal processing block connected to the baseband processing unit, the digital signal processing block being further connected to a first antenna;
- a second radio module connected to the baseband processing unit and comprising a second antenna;
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- the base station being configured to activate and deactivate the first radio module and second radio module based on the data capacity requirements of the wireless communication network.
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A method for controlling the activation and deactivation of first and second radio modules in a base station for a wireless communication network, the base station comprising:
- a baseband processing unit;
- a first radio module comprising a digital signal processing block connected to the baseband processing unit, the digital signal processing block being further connected to a first antenna;
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- a second radio module connected to the baseband processing unit and comprising a second antenna,
- the method comprising:
- determining data capacity requirements of the wireless communication network by monitoring data traffic passing through the base station during a predetermined period of time;
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- activating and deactivating the first radio module and second radio module based on the data capacity requirements of the wireless communication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.