Methods and apparatus for overlapping MIMO antenna physical sectors
US8009646B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B17/15
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for positioning antennas of a first wireless cell to form MIMO physical sectors and MIMO virtual sectors. Selecting a MIMO virtual sector for communication responsive to throughput, data throughput, signal-to-noise ratio, signal error rate, data error rate, retransmission requests, interference, rejection of multipath signals, transmission rate, and signal strength.
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