Method and apparatus for increasing the effective range of a communication link in a wireless communication system
US7386781B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/0894
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is presented comprising identifying a weak component in a wireless communication link, instructing a transmitter of the weak component to invoke repetition coding, and selectively combining signals received via multiple antennae on multiple channels to recover information contained in the transmitted signal.
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