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Method and apparatus for improving link performance and capacity of a sectorized CDMA cellular communication network

  • US 6,188,914 B1
  • Filed: 10/22/1997
  • Issued: 02/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of improving link capacity of a sectorized code division multiple access (“

  • CDMA”

    ) network, the method comprising steps of;

    (a) installing at at least one sector site of said CDMA network a first antenna having a first beamwidth; and

    (b) installing at said at least one sector site of said CDMA network a second antenna having a second beamwidth;

    wherein said first beamwidth is greater than said second beamwidth; and

    wherein said first antenna is a receive-only antenna and said second antenna is a transmit-only antenna.

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