Cellular base station augmentation system and method

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2006-01-17

2006-01-17

Nguyen, Lee (Department: 2682)

Telecommunications

Transmitter and receiver at same station

Radiotelephone equipment detail

C455S561000, C455S101000, C342S375000

Reexamination Certificate

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06987990

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for augmenting an existing base station for cellular communications, especially when the existing base station includes a main antenna and a diversity antenna. The method comprising replacing the diversity antenna array with a new diversity antenna array comprising both receive and transmit elements; installing a switching matrix in the signal path between the base station and the transmit element of both the new diversity antenna array and the main antenna array; and switching the transmission of data between the transmit elements of the main antenna array and the diversity antenna array.

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