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TDM/TDMA wireless telecommunication system with electronic scanning antenna

  • US 6,456,610 B1
  • Filed: 11/07/1995
  • Issued: 09/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A base station that is capable of communicating with a plurality of wireless terminals, said base station comprising;

  • an electronic scanning antenna for continuously rotating a beam that carries communication messages between said base station and said wireless terminals;

    a transmitter operatively coupled to said electronic scanning antenna that is capable of transmitting said communication messages, via said electronic scanning antenna, to said wireless terminals in a time-division multiplexed data stream that is synchronized with the rotation of said beam; and

    a receiver operatively coupled to said electronic scanning antenna that is capable of receiving said communication messages, via said electronic scanning antenna, from said wireless terminals in a time-division multiple access data stream that is substantially synchronized with the rotation of said beam.

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