ARRAY RECEIVER WITH SUBARRAY SELECTION, METHOD OF USING SAME, AND RECEIVER SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME

摘要

An array antenna system comprising an array of antenna elements (22/1,...,22/10) and a receiver (120,..., 127) which uses a subset of the signals from the antenna elements, the selection of the subset of signals which should be used for a particular user being made on the basis of measurements of potential performance of the receiver with each subset of signals, combined, rather than of each individual signal.