Apparatus and method for providing a beacon signal in a wireless communication system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing a beacon signal in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- a beacon signal generator for providing the beacon signal;
a hybrid matrix having as an input the beacon signal and at least one traffic signal, the hybrid matrix having a plurality of output signals;
a plurality of amplifiers having as inputs the corresponding plurality of output signals from the hybrid matrix and having as an output a plurality of amplified output signals; and
an inverse hybrid matrix, having as inputs the plurality of amplified output signals and outputting the traffic signal and the beacon signal to a mobile station.
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Abstract
A beacon signal (313) is provided in a wireless communication system using a hybrid matrix (303) and an inverse hybrid matrix (306). Using an unused port of the hybrid matrix (303), the beacon signal (313) is combined with traffic signals (316) intended for users of the wireless communication system. The hybrid matrix (303) transforms beacon signal (313) and the traffic signals (316) into output signals that each contain a portion of the beacon signal (313) and the traffic signals (316). The outputs from the hybrid matrix (303) are amplified by amplifiers (315). The outputs from the amplifiers (315) are then inverse transformed by an inverse hybrid matrix (306). The inverse transform matrix (306) recombines the portions of the beacon signal (313) and the traffic signals (316) originally input to the hybrid matrix (303), and the resulting signals are transmitted using sector antennas (320) and a beacon antenna (323).
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing a beacon signal in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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a beacon signal generator for providing the beacon signal; a hybrid matrix having as an input the beacon signal and at least one traffic signal, the hybrid matrix having a plurality of output signals; a plurality of amplifiers having as inputs the corresponding plurality of output signals from the hybrid matrix and having as an output a plurality of amplified output signals; and an inverse hybrid matrix, having as inputs the plurality of amplified output signals and outputting the traffic signal and the beacon signal to a mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for providing a beacon signal in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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a beacon signal generator for providing the beacon signal; transform means, having as input the beacon signal and at least one traffic signal, for transforming the beacon signal and the at least one traffic signal into at least a first and a second transformed signals; a plurality of amplifying means for amplifying the first and second transformed signals; and inverse transform means for transforming said first and second transformed signals received from the plurality of amplifying means into the beacon signal and the at least one traffic signal originally input into the transform means. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing a beacon signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating the beacon signal to be provided; transforming the beacon signal and at least one traffic signal into at least a first and a second transformed signals; amplifying the first and second transformed signals; and transforming said first and second transformed signals received from the plurality of amplifying means into the beacon signal and the at least one traffic signal originally input into the transform means. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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