Method for combining communication beams in a wireless communication system
US6987958B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q3/26
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method provides a technique for optimally combining communication beams. The method forms a plurality of beams from captured signals. One beam is selected as the primary beam while a subset of the others are applied to auxiliary receivers. A digital signal processor weights and combines these primary and secondary beams.
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