MASSIVE MIMO ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MASSIVE MIMO ANTENNA

摘要

The present invention provides a massive MIMO antenna (330) for wireless communication, the massive MIMO antenna (330) comprising a plurality of antenna elements (105, 106) configured to receive upstream wireless signals and to transmit downstream wireless signals, the antenna elements (105, 106) being arranged in a matrix-like arrangement comprising rows and/or columns of antenna elements (105, 106), a plurality of transceivers (101, 102), each coupled to at least one of the antenna elements (105, 106), and a control unit (332) configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate specific ones of the transceivers (101, 102). In addition, the present invention provides a respective method for operating a massive MIMO antenna (330).