Radio communication system
First Claim
1. A radio communication system having a communication channel comprising a plurality of paths between a transmitter having a plurality of antennas and a receiver having at least one antenna, wherein the transmitter comprises:
- path characterization means for determining at least one transmission property of each path of said plurality of paths,data categorization means for determining and assigning a data quality category to a set of data for transmission, said data categorization means being adapted to assign different categories to different segments of the set of data from an application; and
mapping means responsive to said path characterization means and said data categorization means for determining a mapping to apply the set of data to the transmitter'"'"'s plurality of antennas such that the set of data is transmitted over a path or paths in which the determined data quality of the set of data corresponds to the at least one transmission property of the path or paths, thereby determining over which path or paths the set of data will be transmitted.
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Abstract
A radio communication system comprises a communication channel between a transmitter (108) having a plurality of antennas (110) and a receiver (114) having at least one antenna (110). In such a system the communication channel comprises a plurality of paths (112) having a range of characteristics. Data for transmission is generated by one or more applications (102) and has one or more categories assigned to it, for example by the addition of tags by a tagging block (204) indicating its importance or other requirements. Depending on the assigned categories and the characteristics of the paths (112), the data is mapped to one or more of the transmitter'"'"'s antennas (110) to select a suitable transmission path (112).
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14 Claims
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1. A radio communication system having a communication channel comprising a plurality of paths between a transmitter having a plurality of antennas and a receiver having at least one antenna, wherein the transmitter comprises:
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path characterization means for determining at least one transmission property of each path of said plurality of paths, data categorization means for determining and assigning a data quality category to a set of data for transmission, said data categorization means being adapted to assign different categories to different segments of the set of data from an application; and mapping means responsive to said path characterization means and said data categorization means for determining a mapping to apply the set of data to the transmitter'"'"'s plurality of antennas such that the set of data is transmitted over a path or paths in which the determined data quality of the set of data corresponds to the at least one transmission property of the path or paths, thereby determining over which path or paths the set of data will be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A transmitter for use in a radio communication system having a communication channel comprising a plurality of paths between a transmitter having a plurality of antennas and a receiver, wherein
path characterization means for determining at least one transmission property of each path of said plurality of paths, data categorization means for determining and assigning a data quality category to a set of data for transmission, said data categorization means being adapted to assign different categories to different segments of the set of data from an application; - and
mapping means responsive to said path characterization means and said data categorization means for determining a mapping to apply the different portions of the set of data to respective ones of the transmitter'"'"'s plurality of antennas such that a data portion transmitted over a path having a determined data quality corresponds to the at least one determined transmission property of the path, thereby determining over which path or paths the set of data will be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating a radio communication system having a communication channel comprising a plurality of paths between a transmitter having a plurality of antennas and a receiver having at least one antenna, the method comprising the acts of:
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(i) the transmitter determining at least one transmission property of each path, (ii) assigning different categories to different segments of a set of data from an application for transmission, and (iii) determining a mapping to apply the set of data to the transmitter'"'"'s plurality of antennas such that different portions of the set of data are transmitted over a respective path such that a determined data quality of said data portion corresponds to the determined at least one transmission property of the path, thereby determining over which path or paths the data will be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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