Multichannel radio frequency transmission system to deliver wideband digital data into independent sectorized service areas
First Claim
1. In a wireless transmission system including a provider subsystem for providing a plurality of channels of signals, a transmission subsystem for transmitting channels of modulated signals in a wireless manner to a plurality of service areas, and a receiving subsystem for receiving said modulated channel signals, said transmission system comprising:
- a means for generating from said plurality of channels a plurality of continuous modulated signals which are independent of each other, each of said independent signals representing a selectable combination of said plurality of channels, and for providing said plurality of independent signals to each of a plurality of antennas;
each of said antennas including a plurality of individual antenna sections, wherein each of said antenna sections transmits one of said independent signals whereby said independent signals are sectorially transmitted from said each antenna.
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Abstract
A one-way and two-way multichannel radio frequency transmission system and method employing a sectorized broadcasting technique is described. The system and method reduces the effective bandwidth of the broadcast signal by multiplexing available channels of signals into a set of formatted independent digital bitstreams--where each of the bitstreams includes all or a portion of the available channels provided by the system program provider. The independent bitstreams are transmitted to transmitting towers using point-to-point transmission methods. The transmitting towers phase modulate and amplify the bitstreams to generate a set of independent modulated signals. Each transmitter tower includes an antenna for broadcasting the modulated signals to a sectorized service area--each sector in the service area receiving a different one of the set of independent modulated signals. The antenna includes a set of individual antenna panels--each panel for broadcasting one of the set of modulated signals. Each subscriber site demodulates, demultiplexes and selects one channel from the received modulated signal. Each transmitting tower broadcasts all of the independent modulated signals at one of a set of operating frequencies such that adjacent transmitting towers broadcast at different operating frequencies. In addition, adjacent antenna panels of a given antenna transmit at opposite transmission polarity.
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1. In a wireless transmission system including a provider subsystem for providing a plurality of channels of signals, a transmission subsystem for transmitting channels of modulated signals in a wireless manner to a plurality of service areas, and a receiving subsystem for receiving said modulated channel signals, said transmission system comprising:
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a means for generating from said plurality of channels a plurality of continuous modulated signals which are independent of each other, each of said independent signals representing a selectable combination of said plurality of channels, and for providing said plurality of independent signals to each of a plurality of antennas; each of said antennas including a plurality of individual antenna sections, wherein each of said antenna sections transmits one of said independent signals whereby said independent signals are sectorially transmitted from said each antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a wireless transmission system including a provider subsystem for providing a plurality of channels of signals, a transmission subsystem including a plurality of antennas for transmitting channels of modulated signals in a wireless manner to a plurality of service areas, and a receiving subsystem for receiving said modulated channel signals, each of said antennas having an associated service area, a method comprising the steps of:
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generating from said plurality of channels a plurality of continuous modulated signals which are independent of each other, each of said independent signals representing a selectable combination of said plurality of channels, and for providing said plurality of independent signals to each of a plurality of antennas; providing said plurality of independent signals to each of a plurality of transmitting means, wherein each transmitting means has an associated service area; transmitting said independent signals to each service area associated with said each transmitting means wherein said each service area is divided into sectors and each of said independent signals is transmitted to one corresponding sector. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wireless transmission system comprising:
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a provider subsystem for converting a plurality of channels of signals into a plurality of formatted independent digital datastreams, each of said formatted digital datastreams representing a selectable combination of said plurality of channels; a transmitter subsystem including a plurality of transmitter means each having an associated service area, said each transmitter means modulating each of said formatted digital datastreams into a corresponding modulated signal so as to generate a plurality of continuous modulated signals which are independent of each other, said each service area being divided into a plurality of sectors and said each transmitter means transmitting each of said independent signals to one corresponding sector within its associated service area; a receiver subsystem including a plurality of receiver means in each sector within each service area for converting one of said independent signals into its corresponding formatted digital datastream and selecting one channel of signals of said portion of plurality of channels from said corresponding formatted digital datastream. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. In a wireless transmission system, a method for transmitting and receiving signals comprising the steps of:
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converting a plurality of channels of signals into a plurality of formatted digital datastreams, each of said formatted digital datastreams representing a selectable combination of said plurality of channels; modulating each of said formatted digital datastreams to generate a corresponding modulated signal thereby generating a plurality of continuous modulated signals which are independent of each other; providing said plurality of independent signals to each of a plurality of transmitting means, wherein each transmitting means has an associated service area; transmitting said independent signals to each service area associated with said each transmitting means, wherein said each service area is divided into a plurality of sectors and each sector receives one of said independent signals; receiving said one independent signal; and converting said one independent signal into a signal usable by a given I/O device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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