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Method and apparatus for high resolution tracking via mono-pulse beam-forming in a communication system

US6930637B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Louis R. Brothers · Vienna, US
John Cangeme · Tewksbury, US
Alexander Flaig · Lowell, US
Samuel J. MacMullen · Carlisle, US
H. Vincent Poor · Princeton, US
Tandhoni S. Rao · McKinney, US
Stuart Schwartz · Princeton, US
Triveni N. Upadhyay · Concord, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2002
Grant date	Aug 16, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B7/086
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for high resolution tracking via mono-pulse beam-forming in a communication system in which the capacity and range of mobile or fixed wireless communication base stations are improved by implementing a single or multiple antenna beam per signal path. Adaptive beam-forming based on up-link direction-of arrival estimation can be performed without using the above-mentioned computationally intensive techniques.

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