System and related methods for beamforming in a multi-point communications environment
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1. A method for beamforming in wireless communications, comprising:
- identifying one or more target(s) for which a communication signal is intended;
identifying one or more other target(s) which may benefit from receipt of the communication signal; and
developing a multi-lobe beampattem to transmit the communication signal to the intended target(s) and the identified one or more other target(s).
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Abstract
A system and related methods for beamforming in a multi-point communication environment is presented. According to one aspect of the invention, a method comprising identifying one or more target(s) for which a communication signal is intended, identifying one or more other target(s) which may benefit from receipt of the communication signal, and developing a multi-lobe beampattern to transmit the communication signal to the intended target(s) and the identified one or more other target(s).
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1. A method for beamforming in wireless communications, comprising:
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identifying one or more target(s) for which a communication signal is intended; identifying one or more other target(s) which may benefit from receipt of the communication signal; and developing a multi-lobe beampattem to transmit the communication signal to the intended target(s) and the identified one or more other target(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A transceiver comprising:
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wireless communication resources to selectively transmit a wireless communication signal via an antenna array; and a communications agent, coupled with the wireless communication resources, to; identify one or more target(s) for which the communication signal is intended as well as one or more other target(s) which may also benefit from receipt of the communication signal, and develop a multi-lobe beampattern to transmit the communication signal to the intended target(s) and the identified one or more other target(s). - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-accessible storage medium encoded with content which, when executed by an accessing computing device, causes the computing device to:
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implement a communications agent to identify one or more target(s) of a communication signal as well as one or more other target(s) which may also benefit from receipt of the communication signal; and develop a multi-lobe beampattern to transmit the communication signal to the intended target(s) and the identified one or more other target(s). - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A subscriber unit comprising:
a communications agent operable to cause a wireless communication resource to; identify one or more target(s) for which the communication signal is intended as well as one or more other target(s) which may also benefit from receipt of the communication signal, and develop a multi-lobe beampattern to transmit the communication signal to the intended target(s) and the identified one or more other target(s).
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