COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING GEOGRAPHIC POSITION DATA
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- a first transceiver having a first processor and a first directional antenna;
a second transceiver having a second processor and a second antenna;
a locator coupled to the first transceiver for determining the physical location of the second antenna relative to the first antenna;
a spatially multiplexed communication link formed between the first and second transceivers, the link including a wireless beam from the first antenna to the second antenna; and
a first beamformer in the first transceiver for shaping the wireless beam to be directed between the first antenna and the second antenna.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system employs directive antenna arrays and knowledge of position of users to form narrow antenna beams to and from desired users and away from undesired users to reduce co-channel interference. By reducing co-channel interference coming from different directions, spatial filtering with antenna arrays improves the call capacity of the system. A space division multiple access (SDMA) system allocates a narrow antenna beam pattern to each user in the system so that each user has its own communication channel free from co-channel interference. The position of the users is determined using geo-location techniques. Geo-location can be derived via triangulation between cellular base stations or via a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. The system can be optimized by applying partially adaptive processing algorithms, which are seeded by geo-location data.
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64 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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a first transceiver having a first processor and a first directional antenna;
a second transceiver having a second processor and a second antenna;
a locator coupled to the first transceiver for determining the physical location of the second antenna relative to the first antenna;
a spatially multiplexed communication link formed between the first and second transceivers, the link including a wireless beam from the first antenna to the second antenna; and
a first beamformer in the first transceiver for shaping the wireless beam to be directed between the first antenna and the second antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cellular communication system comprising:
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a base transceiver having a directional base antenna, the base antenna having a fixed geographical position within the cell;
a mobile transceiver having a mobile antenna, the mobile antenna being movable relative to the base antenna;
a communication link between the base and mobile transceivers formed by a wireless signal between the antennas;
a positioning system for detecting the geographical position of the mobile antenna, the position of the mobile antenna being communicated from the mobile transceiver to the base transceiver over the communication link;
a beamformer in the base transceiver for modifying the signal in response to the relative motion of the antennas; and
a nulling module coupled to the beamformer for suppressing interference to the signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for operating a communication system comprising:
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operating a first transceiver having a first processor and a first directional antenna;
operating a second transceiver having a second processor and a second antenna;
determining the physical location of the second antenna relative to the first antenna;
forming a spatially multiplexed communication link between the first and second transceivers, the link including a wireless beam between the first antenna and the second antenna; and
in a first beamformer in the first transceiver, responding to the physical location of the second antenna and shaping the wireless beam to be directed between the first antenna and the second antenna. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of operating a cellular communication system comprising:
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operating a base transceiver having a directional base antenna, the base antenna having a fixed geographical position within a cell;
operating a mobile transceiver having a mobile antenna, the mobile antenna being movable relative to the base transceiver;
forming a communication link between the base and mobile transceivers by a wireless signal between the antennas;
in a positioning system, detecting the geographical position of the mobile antenna, the position of the mobile antenna being communicated to the base transceiver over the communication link;
in a beamformer in the base transceiver, modifying the signal in response to the relative motion of the antennas; and
in a nulling module coupled to the beamformer, suppressing interference with the signal. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A cellular communication system comprising:
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a base transceiver having a directional base antenna, the base antenna having a fixed geographical position;
a mobile transceiver having a directional mobile antenna, the mobile antenna being movable relative to the base transceiver;
a communication link between the base and mobile transceivers formed by a wireless signal between the antennas;
a positioning system for detecting the geographical position of the mobile antenna, the position of the mobile antenna being communicated to the base transceiver over the communication link; and
a first beamformer in the base transceiver and a second beamformer in the mobile transceiver for modifying the signal in response to the relative motion of the antennas. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of operating a cellular communication system comprising:
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operating a base transceiver having a directional base antenna, the base antenna having a fixed geographical position within a cell;
operating a mobile transceiver having a directional mobile antenna, the mobile antenna being movable relative to the base antenna;
forming a communication link between the base and mobile transceivers by a wireless signal between the antennas;
in a positioning system, detecting the geographical position of the mobile antenna, the position of the mobile antenna being communicated to the base transceiver over the communication link; and
in a first beamformer in the base transceiver and a second beamformer in the mobile transceiver, modifying the signal in response to the relative motion of the antennas. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A beamforming circuit for a communication system comprising:
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a plurality of sampling circuits for receiving communication signals;
a plurality of programmable finite impulse response (FIR) filters, each FIR filter being connected to a sampling circuit;
a summing circuit that sums filtered signals from the plurality of FIR filters; and
a directional wireless signal formed from the summed signals. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64)
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