Apparatus and method of multiple antenna transmitter beamforming of high data rate wideband packetized wireless communication signals
First Claim
1. An apparatus for multiple antenna transmitter beamforming M digital output OFDM signals (“
- M signals”
) each including sub-carrier data in N frequency bins in a wideband wireless packetized communication network, wherein the M signals are each adapted for transmission onto different communication channels, and wherein each of the M signals are obtained from a same single digital signal, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, the apparatus comprising;
a transmit beamformer adapted to phase steer the sub-carrier data in each of the N frequency bins for each of the M signals, thereby generating phase steered frequency data for each of the M signals; and
M Inverse Fast Fourier Transform units (IFFTs) that are each adapted to input the phase steered frequency data for one of the M signals and each convert the phase steered frequency data corresponding to that one M signal to obtain that one M signal, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, such that the M signals are adapted to shape a distinct array antenna pattern.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and method of multiple antenna transmitter beamforming of high data rate wideband packetized wireless communication signals, where each of the signals comprises N frequencies, where N is a positive integer. The apparatus, in an exemplary embodiment, includes (1) a transmit beamformer that co-phases and weights the signals for each of the N frequencies across M antennas, thereby generating M co-phased and weighted frequency data and (2) M Inverse Fast Fourier Transform units (IFFTs) that convert the M co-phased and weighted frequency data into M digital outputs, and M transmit antennas transmitting the M co-phased and weighted signals, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
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1. An apparatus for multiple antenna transmitter beamforming M digital output OFDM signals (“
- M signals”
) each including sub-carrier data in N frequency bins in a wideband wireless packetized communication network, wherein the M signals are each adapted for transmission onto different communication channels, and wherein each of the M signals are obtained from a same single digital signal, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, the apparatus comprising;
a transmit beamformer adapted to phase steer the sub-carrier data in each of the N frequency bins for each of the M signals, thereby generating phase steered frequency data for each of the M signals; and
M Inverse Fast Fourier Transform units (IFFTs) that are each adapted to input the phase steered frequency data for one of the M signals and each convert the phase steered frequency data corresponding to that one M signal to obtain that one M signal, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, such that the M signals are adapted to shape a distinct array antenna pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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38. A method of multiple antenna transmitter beamforming M digital output OFDM signals (“
- M signals”
) each including sub-carrier data in N frequency bins in a wideband wireless packetized communication network, wherein the M signals are each adapted for transmission onto different communication channels, and wherein each of the M signals are obtained from a same single digital signal, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, the method comprising;
phase steering the sub-carrier data in each of the N frequency bins for each of the M signals, thereby generating phase steered frequency data for each of the M signals; and
converting the phase steered frequency data corresponding to each of the M signals using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to obtain the M signals, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, such that the M signals are adapted to shape a distinct array antenna pattern. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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