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Method and apparatus for effecting a wireless exchange of data between a stationary station and moving objects

  • US 5,757,285 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1996
  • Issued: 05/26/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing a wireless exchange of data between a stationary station and at least one transmitter/receiver disposed on at least one respective object moving relative to the stationary station, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) setting a transmission profile for each of a plurality of transmitting antennas at the stationary station determined by a vectorial weighing process using a beam-forming network and controlled by a processor;

    (b) setting a reception profile, under the control of the processor, for each of a plurality of receiving antennas at the stationary station corresponding to a respective one of the transmitting antennas, the reception profile for each of the plurality of receiving antennas corresponding to the transmission profile of the respective one of the plurality of transmitting antennas;

    (c) transmitting, from each of the plurality of transmitting antennas at the stationary station, an original signal to a respective one of the at least one transmitter/receiver using the transmission profile, the transmission profile creating a damping effect on the original signal, producing a damped original signal;

    (d) transmitting, in response to the damped original signal, a reply signal from the at least one transmitter/receiver, the reply signal having a carrier frequency and level which are equal to a carrier frequency and level, respectively, of the damped original signal; and

    (e) receiving the reply signal by at least one of the plurality of receiving antennas at the stationary station using the reception profile, creating a damping effect on the reply signal;

    wherein the damping effect on the original signal and the damping effect on the reply signal are multiplicative in effect.

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