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Antenna diversity base station for transmission of unidirectional channels and corresponding method of transmission of a unidirectional channel by a base station

US6522896B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 22, 1998
Grant dateFeb 18, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/0606
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A base station of a radiocommunication system has at least two antennas and can select one of the antennas. It determines if a channel to transmit to at least one mobile station is unidirectional and switches from one antenna to another in accordance with a predetermined random or pseudo-random law if the channel to transmit is unidirectional.

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