Fast fading packet diversity transmission method and system
First Claim
1. A transmitter for transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
- a modulator for modulating the information packets;
groups of information packets over the wireless communication medium to the receiver.
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Abstract
The present invention is a fast fading packet diversity transmission method and system for reducing the effects of multipath fading on slow fading channels. One embodiment of the present invention includes a modulator for modulating information packets and a plurality of M multipliers for transmitting the modulated information packets from M antennas with up to M sets of M fixed phase offsets. Another embodiment of the present invention transmits a first group of information packets from M antennas with up to M sets of M fixed phase offsets and a second group of information packets with M slow time varying phase offsets.
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17 Claims
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1. A transmitter for transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
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a modulator for modulating the information packets; groups of information packets over the wireless communication medium to the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A transmitter for transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
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a modulator for modulating first and second groups of information packets; a multiplier for applying up to M sets of M fixed phase offsets to the first group of modulated information packets and for applying M slow time varying phase offsets to the second group of modulated information packets, wherein each modulated information packet in the first group is transmitted simultaneously from M antennas with a set of M fixed phase offsets, wherein each set of the M sets of M fixed phase offsets provides substantially independent fading characteristics for the transmission of a modulated information packet; and a plurality of M antennas for transmitting the phase offset, modulated first and second groups of information packets over the wireless communication medium to the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A transmitter for transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
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an error detection encoder for encoding the information packets with an error detection code; a modulator for modulating the error detection encoded information packets; a multiplier for applying first and second sets of M fixed phase offsets to the modulated information packets for transmission of each modulated information packet simultaneously from M antennas with a set of M fixed phase offsets, wherein said second set of M fixed phase offsets is applied to the modulated information packets in response to a negative acknowledgement from the receiver, wherein the first and second sets of M fixed phase offsets each provide substantially independent fading characteristics; and a plurality of M antennas for transmitting the phase offset, modulated information packets over the wireless communication medium. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A transmitter for transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
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an error detection encoder for encoding a first group of information packets with an error detection code for detecting errors in the information packets transmitted to the receiver; a modulator for modulating the error detection encoded first group of information packets and a second group of information packets; a first multiplier for applying first and second sets of M fixed phase offsets to the first group of modulated information packets for transmission of each modulated information packet in the first group simultaneously from M antennas with a set of M fixed phase offsets, wherein said second set of M fixed phase offsets is applied to the first group of information packets in response to a negative acknowledgement from the receiver, wherein the first and second sets of M fixed phase offsets each provide substantially independent fading characteristics; and a plurality of M antennas for transmitting the phase offset, modulated first group of information packets and the modulated second group of information packets over the wireless communication medium to the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method of transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
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modulating the information packets; applying up to M sets of M fixed phase offsets to the modulated information packets for transmission of each modulated information packet simultaneously from M antennas with a set of M fixed phase offsets, wherein each of the M sets of M fixed phase offsets provides substantially independent fading characteristics; and transmitting the phase offset, modulated information packets from a plurality of M antennas over the wireless communication medium to the receiver.
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15. A method of transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
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modulating first and second groups of information packets; applying up to M sets of M fixed phase offsets to the first and second group of modulated information packets wherein each modulated information packet in the first group is transmitted simultaneously from M antennas with a set of M fixed phase offsets, wherein each of the M sets of M fixed phase offsets provides substantially independent fading characteristics; and applying M slow time varying phase offsets to the second group of modulated information packets; and transmitting the phase offset, modulated first and second groups of information packets from a plurality of M antennas over the wireless communication medium to the receiver.
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16. A method of transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
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encoding the information packets with an error detection code for detecting errors in the information packets transmitted to the receiver; modulating the error detection encoded information packets; applying first and second sets of M fixed phase offsets to the modulated information packets for transmission of each modulated information packet simultaneously from M antennas with a set of M fixed phase offsets, wherein said second set of phase offsets is applied to the modulated information packets in response to a negative acknowledgement, wherein the first and second sets of M fixed phase offsets each provide substantially independent fading characteristics; and transmitting the phase offset, modulated information packets from a plurality of M antennas over the wireless communication medium to the receiver.
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17. A method of transmitting information packets over a wireless communication medium to a receiver, comprising:
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encoding a first group of information packets with an error detection code for detecting errors in the information packets transmitted to the receiver; modulating the error detection encoded first group of information packets; modulating a second group of information packets; applying first and second sets of M fixed phase offsets to the first group of modulated information packets for transmission of each modulated information packet in the first group simultaneously from M antennas with a set of M fixed phase offsets, wherein said second set of phase offsets is applied to the first group of modulated information packets in response to a negative acknowledgement, wherein the first and second sets of M fixed phase offsets each provide substantially independent fading characteristics; and transmitting the phase offset, modulated first group of information packets and the modulated second group of information packets from a plurality of M antennas over the wireless communication medium to the receiver.
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