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Multi-beam antenna arrays for base stations in which the channel follows the mobile unit

  • US 5,890,067 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1996
  • Issued: 03/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of communicating between a base station and a mobile unit located within a cell of a cellular communication system comprising the steps of:

  • radiating an array of geographically spaced beam-spots within the cell, each of said beam-spots having a plurality of communication channels and at least one of the communication channels being assigned to the mobile unit;

    sensing, at the base station, received signal strength of the mobile unit communicating in the cell; and

    radiating the communication channels assigned to the mobile unit to a selected number of beam-spots based on the received signal strength from the mobile unit.

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