Systems and methods for improving range for multicast wireless communication
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication system having a plurality of communication devices in which directed communication between two communication devices is performed using range-enhanced communication techniques, a method for enhancing the range of communication for multicast signals from a first communication device to a plurality of other communication device, comprising transmitting a signal intended for reception by the plurality of other communication devices up to N times any set of N complex linearly independent N-dimensional transmit weight vectors v1, . . . ,vN associated with N plurality of transmit antennas that meets the power constraint ∥
- vi∥
2=1, i=0, . . . ,N−
1, where the vector vi is used for the ith transmission of the signal.
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Abstract
Methods to optimize range of multicast signal communication in wireless communication applications that use range-enhanced techniques for directed signal communication. A multicast signal may be sent multiple times through each of a plurality of independent omnidirectional transmit antennas of a communication device to a plurality of other communication devices to improve packet error rate (PER) at a given range (i.e., SNR). More generally, the multicast message can be transmitted up to N times using up to N times using any set of N complex linearly independent N-dimensional transmit weight vectors v1, . . . , vN associated with N plurality of transmit antennas that meets the power constraint ∥vi∥2=1, i=0, . . . ,N−1, where the vector vi is used for the ith transmission of the multicast signal.
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20 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication system having a plurality of communication devices in which directed communication between two communication devices is performed using range-enhanced communication techniques, a method for enhancing the range of communication for multicast signals from a first communication device to a plurality of other communication device, comprising transmitting a signal intended for reception by the plurality of other communication devices up to N times any set of N complex linearly independent N-dimensional transmit weight vectors v1, . . . ,vN associated with N plurality of transmit antennas that meets the power constraint ∥
- vi∥
2=1, i=0, . . . ,N−
1, where the vector vi is used for the ith transmission of the signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for wireless communication comprising steps of:
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a. transmitting a signal intended for a particular communication device from a plurality of antennas of the first communication device using antenna processing techniques to maximize the range of communication with the particular communication device; and
b. transmitting a signal intended for reception by the plurality of other communication devices up to N times using any set of N complex linearly independent N-dimensional transmit weight vectors v1, . . . ,vN associated with N plurality of transmit antennas that meets the power constraint ∥
vi∥
2=1, i=0, . . . ,N−
1, where the vector vi is used for the ith transmission of the signal. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, perform a method comprising a step of processing a signal intended for reception by a plurality of communication devices for transmission up to N times with any set of N complex linearly independent N-dimensional transmit weight vectors v1, . . . ,vN associated with N plurality of transmit antennas that meets the power constraint ∥
- vi∥
2=1, i=0, . . . ,N−
1, where the vector vi is used for the ith transmission of the signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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