METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION BETWEEN A BASESTATION AND MULTIPLE MOBILE STATIONS
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting data between a first device and a second device, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of N separate antennas, said plurality including at least a first antenna and a second antenna, N being a positive integer greater than one;
operating the first device to transmit from the first antenna, a first signal including said data the first signal having a carrier frequency, fc, a broadcast region from the first antenna including the second device; and
operating the first device to transmit from the second antenna, a second signal including said data the second signal having the same carrier frequency, fc, as the first signal, a broadcast region from the second antenna including the second device, at least one of a phase and an amplitude of the second signal varying over time relative to the first signal, the combined average transmitted power of the first and second signals being maintained at an almost constant value over a period of time during which the at least one of a phase and an amplitude of the second signal is varied relative to the first signal.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for scheduling mobile stations (MSs) to download data to and/or to control the rate of downloading to an MS from a base station (BS) as a function of downlink channel condition information are described. Artificial channel variations, which can be measured at the MS, and feedback to a BS for scheduling purposes, are introduced through the use of two or more transmitter antennas at a BS. Each of the antennas transmits a signal at the same frequency having the same information content e.g., modulated data. However the signals are made to differ with time in their phase and/or amplitude. Multiple signals having the same transmission frequency and information content are received and interpreted as a single composite signal by a receiving MS.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting data between a first device and a second device, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of N separate antennas, said plurality including at least a first antenna and a second antenna, N being a positive integer greater than one;
operating the first device to transmit from the first antenna, a first signal including said data the first signal having a carrier frequency, fc, a broadcast region from the first antenna including the second device; and
operating the first device to transmit from the second antenna, a second signal including said data the second signal having the same carrier frequency, fc, as the first signal, a broadcast region from the second antenna including the second device, at least one of a phase and an amplitude of the second signal varying over time relative to the first signal, the combined average transmitted power of the first and second signals being maintained at an almost constant value over a period of time during which the at least one of a phase and an amplitude of the second signal is varied relative to the first signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of transmitting data between a first device and a second device, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of N separate antennas, said plurality including at least a first antenna and a second antenna, N being a positive integer greater than one;
operating the first device to transmit from the first antenna, a first signal including said data the first signal having a center frequency, a broadcast region from the first antenna including the second device; and
operating the first device to transmit from the second antenna, a second signal including said data the second signal having the same center frequency as the first signal, a broadcast region from the second antenna including the second device, at least one of a phase and an amplitude of the second signal varying over time relative to the first signal, the combined average transmitted power of the first and second signals being maintained at an almost constant value over a period of time during which the at least one of a phase and an amplitude of the second signal is varied relative to the first signal. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A communications apparatus, comprising:
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a source of data;
a transmitter circuit coupled to the source of data for generating a plurality of data signals each data signal including the same data, the plurality of data signals including a first data signal and a second data signal the first and second data signals differing from one another as a function of time by at least one of a phase and an amplitude; and
a plurality of antennas coupled to said transmitter circuit to receive and transmit said data signals in parallel, each antenna receiving and transmitting one of said data signals; and
means for varying the relative amplitudes of the first and second data signals as a function of time while maintaining the combined average transmitted power of the first and second data signals at an almost constant value over the period in time during which the relative amplitudes of the first and second data signals are varied. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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