System and method for managing data throughput of wireless devices in a wireless network
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In some embodiments, the wireless device 150 may initially request access to the wireless network using the second communication protocol described earlier before requesting access using the first communication protocol. For instance, wireless device 150 goes through an initialization procedure for verification or authentication as part of initially joining the wireless network. Wireless device 150 joins the network using a second communication protocol (e.g., 4G) to establish signaling protocols between the access node or communication tower and the new wireless device. Further, wireless device 150 may remain operational for one or more services (e.g., telephone service) using this second communication protocol even after joining the wireless network using the first communication protocol. Such a configuration may be known as a dual-connect configuration and may use the first communication protocol (e.g., 5G) for higher performance services, such as high definition video streaming services.
In some embodiments, all or a portion of the multi-element antenna in access node 110 may be adjusted by reducing the number of elements used for transmitting a signal, receiving a signal, or both transmitting and a receiving a signal with the network using the first communication protocol mentioned above. Further, in some embodiments, the number of elements in all or a portion of the multi-element antenna in access node 110 (e.g., the first set of elements) is reduced by a factor that is a multiple of two.
