INCREASING A SECTORIZATION ORDER IN A FIRST SECTOR OF AN ANTENNA ARRAY

摘要

A mechanism for increasing a sectorization order in a first sector of an antenna array. The object is achieved by a method in a network node. The network node and antenna array are comprised in a wireless communication system. The antenna array is deployed with a first sectorization. The network node comprises a first number of signal connections. Each signal connection is adapted to transmit and receive signals. The method comprises the step of splitting the first number of connections into a number of groups. Each one of the respective connection groups corresponds to one respective virtual sector resulting in a number of virtual sectors. The method further comprises the step of mapping the number of virtual sectors to the first sector, such that the first sector is split into the number of virtual sectors.