CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 7/043 (2013.01); H04B 7/0408 (2013.01); H04B 7/2041 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for beamforming comprising:
selecting a cluster of M feeds from feeds for a coverage area comprising service areas and data streams for each of the service areas;
generating M feed excitations by distributing N data streams per M×N weights;
switching an array to transfer a respective one of the M feed excitations to a respective one of the M feeds; and
beamforming, with the M feeds of an antenna, N beams,
wherein M and N are integers greater than 0,
the N beams are each focused on a respective service area of each of the N data streams,
the M×N weights improve transmitting into the respective service area of each of the N data streams, and
at least one of the N beams comprises a portion of a plurality of the M feed excitations.
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