ANTENNA BEAM SHAPE OPTIMIZATION

摘要

The invention relates to adjusting the shape of the antenna beam (20) of a directional antenna (120) in a communications system (1). According to the invention, the antenna beam (20) is divided into at least a handover beam sector (24) and a main beam sector (22). The shape of the at least two beam sectors (22; 24) are then adjusted based on different requirements and objectives. The shape of handover beam sector (24) is adjusted based on the handover parameter settings of the communications system (1), e.g. by adjusting the angular interval of this handover beam sector (24) based on the parameter settings. Optionally, the shape of the main beam sector (22) is adjusted by maximizing the antenna gain of the directional antenna (120) within this beam sector (22).