Communication system with distributed receiver architecture
US10141996B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/0837
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication system is used to receive information from mobile sources. The system includes a plurality of antennas including multiple disjoint sets of multiple antennas configured to receive signals from the multiple mobile sources. At least a subset of the antennas have coverage areas that overlap with antennas in another set of the multiple disjoint sets of multiple antennas. The communication system also includes multiple receivers and multiple signal paths including one signal path for each set of multiple antennas. Each signal path is configured to provide outputs from a corresponding set of multiple antennas of the multiple disjoint sets of antennas to each of the multiple receivers. Each of the receivers choose to output information from one or more of the signal paths based on one or more characteristics of the signals received from the signal paths.
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