METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTENNA ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTI-ANTENNA OFD BASED SYSTEMS

• US 20080081566A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rofougaran, Ahmadreza
• Granted Patent: US 8,099,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/63.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/10 Polarisation diversity; Directional diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space

Abstract

Certain aspects of a method and system for an antenna architecture for multi-antenna orthogonal frequency division (OFD) based systems are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include communicating data in a radio frequency (RF) system comprising a plurality of antennas, via at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to adjacent polarized antennas. The plurality of coherently polarized antennas may be placed at a particular distance from each other.

Claims

1. A method for processing signals in a communication network, the method comprising:

in a radio frequency (RF) system comprising a plurality of antennas, communicating data via at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to adjacent polarized antennas.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising placing said at least one polarized antenna at a particular distance from at least one other polarized antenna that is coherently polarized with respect to said at least one polarized antenna.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising placing each of said adjacent polarized antennas at a particular distance from at least one other polarized antenna that is coherently polarized with respect to each of said adjacent polarized antennas.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising transmitting said data via said at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to said adjacent polarized antennas.

5. The method according to claim 1, comprising receiving said data via said at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to said adjacent polarized antennas.

6. The method according to claim 5, comprising filtering said received data via said at least one polarized antenna.

7. The method according to claim 5, comprising converting said received data via said at least one polarized antenna to digital data.

8. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for processing signals in a communication network, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:

in a radio frequency (RF) system comprising a plurality of antennas, communicating data via at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to adjacent polarized antennas.

9. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for placing said at least one polarized antenna at a particular distance from at least one other polarized antenna that is coherently polarized with respect to said at least one polarized antenna.

10. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for placing each of said adjacent polarized antennas at a particular distance from at least one other polarized antenna that is coherently polarized with respect to each of said adjacent polarized antennas.

11. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for transmitting said data via said at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to said adjacent polarized antennas.

12. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for receiving said data via said at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to said adjacent polarized antennas.

13. The machine-readable storage according to claim 12, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for filtering said received data via said at least one polarized antenna.

14. The machine-readable storage according to claim 12, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for converting said received data via said at least one polarized antenna to digital data.

15. A system for processing signals in a communication network, the system comprising:

at least one circuit within a radio frequency (RF) system comprising a plurality of antennas that enables communication of data via at least one polarized antenna which is orthogonally polarized with respect to adjacent polarized antennas.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein said at least one polarized antenna is placed at a particular distance from at least one other polarized antenna that is coherently polarized with respect to said at least one polarized antenna.

17. The system according to claim 15, wherein each of said adjacent polarized antennas is placed at a particular distance from at least one other polarized antenna that is coherently polarized with respect to each of said adjacent polarized antennas.

18. The system according to claim 15, wherein said at least one circuit enables transmission of said data via said at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to said adjacent polarized antennas.

19. The system according to claim 15, wherein said at least one circuit enables receiving of said data via said at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to said adjacent polarized antennas.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein said at least one circuit enables filtering of said received data via said at least one polarized antenna.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein said at least one circuit enables conversion of said received data via said at least one polarized antenna to digital data.