Multiplex communications – Communication over free space – Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...
Patent
1995-06-05
1997-06-24
Olms, Douglas W.
Multiplex communications
Communication over free space
Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...
364574, 370203, 370252, H04Q 700
Patent
active
056423535
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for increasing the capacity and quality of wireless communication between a plurality of remote users and a base station is disclosed. Using measurements from an array of receiving antennas at the base station, parameters of multiple signals transmitted to the base station from a plurality of users in the same channel are calculated and used to obtain the positions and velocities of the users. The locations and other related signal parameters are used to calculate appropriate spatial demultiplexing strategies, reconstructing the individual transmitted signals from the receiver measurements and reducing interference to acceptable levels. This heretofore unavailable location information is used in solving the hand-off problem. This information is also used to calculate an appropriate spatial multiplexing strategy for simultaneous transmission of signals to users in the same channel. This can be the same as or distinct from the aforementioned receive channel. In combination, the transmit and receive systems establish multiple full-duplex links in the same channel by directively receiving and transmitting signals at the base stations only. This invention can also be implemented at the mobile sites to improve signal quality and to establish point-to-point communication links between multiple mobile users. Furthermore, implementation of both transmit and receive functions at the base station is not required. A receive-only system base station will still improve received signal quality and therefore capacity in addition to mitigating the hand-off problem.
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Ottersten Bjorn
Roy, III Richard H.
Arraycomm, Incorporated
Nguyen Chau T.
Olms Douglas W.
Woodward Henry K.
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