APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPATIAL DIVISION DUPLEX (SDD) FOR MILLIMETER WAVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A wireless terminal for a full-duplex millimeter wave communication system, the wireless terminal comprising:
- a transmit antenna array having a plurality of transmit antennas for forming a spatially beamformed transmit beam; and
a receive antenna array having a plurality of receive antennas for forming a spatially beamformed receive beam,wherein the plurality of transmit antennas and the plurality of receive antennas use a same frequency at a same time for a communication signal of the respective transmit and receive beams andwherein the beamformed transmit beam and the beamformed receive beam do not spatially overlap.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for full-duplex millimeter wave mobile wireless communication are provided. The apparatus includes a Spatial Division Duple (SDD) mobile communication system using millimeter waves, the SDD mobile communication system including a first wireless terminal having a first transmit antenna array having a plurality of first transmit antennas for transmitting a spatially beamformed first transmit beam, and a first receive antenna array having a plurality of first receive antennas for forming a spatially beamformed first receive beam and a second wireless terminal including a second transmit antenna array having a plurality of second transmit antennas for transmitting a spatially beamformed second transmit beam directed towards a receive beam of the first wireless terminal, and a second receive antenna array having a plurality of second receive antennas for forming a spatially beamformed second receive beam directed toward the transmit beam of the first terminal.
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40 Claims
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1. A wireless terminal for a full-duplex millimeter wave communication system, the wireless terminal comprising:
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a transmit antenna array having a plurality of transmit antennas for forming a spatially beamformed transmit beam; and a receive antenna array having a plurality of receive antennas for forming a spatially beamformed receive beam, wherein the plurality of transmit antennas and the plurality of receive antennas use a same frequency at a same time for a communication signal of the respective transmit and receive beams and wherein the beamformed transmit beam and the beamformed receive beam do not spatially overlap. - 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)
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25. A Spatial Division Duple (SDD) mobile communication system using millimeter waves, the SDD mobile communication system comprising:
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a first wireless terminal comprising; first transmit antenna array having a plurality of first transmit antennas for transmitting a spatially beamformed first transmit beam; and a first receive antenna array having a plurality of first receive antennas for forming a spatially beamformed first receive beam; and
a second wireless terminal comprising;a second transmit antenna array having a plurality of second transmit antennas for transmitting a spatially beamformed second transmit beam directed towards a receive beam of the first wireless terminal; and a second receive antenna array having a plurality of second receive antennas for forming a spatially beamformed second receive beam directed toward a transmit beam of the first wireless terminal. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for Spatial Division Duplex (SDD) mobile communications using millimeter waves, the method comprising:
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forming a first transmit beam using selected ones of a plurality of transmit antennas of a transmit antenna array; transmitting a first signal to a first wireless terminal via the first transmit beam according to a predetermined frequency at a predetermined time; forming a first receive beam using selected ones of a plurality of receive antennas of a receive antenna array; and receiving a second signal from a second wireless terminal via the first receive beam according to the predetermined frequency at the predetermined time, wherein each of the first transmit beam and the first receive beam are spatially beamformed, and wherein the spatially beamformed transmit beam and the spatially beamformed receive beam do not spatially overlap. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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