A SMALL CELL BASE STATION COMPRISING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS, AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING RECEPTION PATTERN BY SELECTING A SUBSET OF THE ANTENNAS FOR USE

摘要

A method is provided in a small cell base station comprising multiple antennas of controlling reception pattern by selecting a subset of the antennas for use. The method comprises determining a ranking value for each of subsets of the antennas dependent upon measurements of received signal quality, and choosing the subset of the antennas for use that provides the highest ranking value