METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS HAVING DIFFERENT POLARIZATION
First Claim
1. A communications device comprising:
- a first antenna element polarized in a first direction;
a second antenna element polarized in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction by at least 45 degrees;
a first signal processing module coupled to the first antenna element; and
a second signal processing module coupled to the second antenna element.
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Abstract
A MIMO wireless communications device supports a dual polarized mode of antenna operation and a single polarized mode of antenna operation. Antenna mode selection is performed as a function of signal to noise ration information and/or rank information corresponding to a communications channel matrix. One of a communications device'"'"'s processing chains is switched between first and second polarization orientation antennas, e.g., vertical and horizontally polarized antennas, as a function of the antenna mode selection. In various embodiments, the dual polarized mode is advantageously used for high SNR users, while in the low SNR regime, where the capacity is limited by received power, the single polarized antenna configuration, sometimes referred to as the spatial MIMO configuration, is used.
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34 Claims
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1. A communications device comprising:
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a first antenna element polarized in a first direction; a second antenna element polarized in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction by at least 45 degrees; a first signal processing module coupled to the first antenna element; and
a second signal processing module coupled to the second antenna element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A communications device comprising:
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a first antenna element means for exchanging signals in a first polarization having first polarization direction; a second antenna element means for exchanging signals in a second polarization having a second polarization direction, the second polarization direction being different from the first polarization direction by at least 45 degrees; a first signal processing means for processing the signals exchanged through the first antenna element means; and a second signal processing means for processing the signals exchanged through the second antenna element means. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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