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Space-time spreading method of CDMA wireless communication

US6452916B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1999
Grant dateSep 17, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/707
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

We describe a method for CDMA transmission of sets of data symbols to users that are organized into one or more user groups. Each user group is paired with a group of spreading codes, referred to as a “code group.” Each set of data symbols that are destined for respective users of a given user group is transmitted in the form of two or more distinct signal sequences. Each such signal sequence is transmitted from a respective one of two or more transmitting antennas. Each signal sequence is a linear combination of spreading code sequences belonging to the corresponding code group. Within each of these linear combinations, each spreading code sequence that appears has a scalar coefficient. Each of these scalar coefficients is a linear combination of pertinent data symbols (i.e., data symbols destined for users in the given user group) or of complex conjugates of pertinent data symbols.

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