RECEIVER CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE A CHANNEL CAPACITY THAT EXCEEDS A SATURATION CHANNEL CAPACITY
First Claim
1. A receiver, comprising:
- a first number of antennas each spaced from another of the antennas by approximately a distance and configured to provide, at one or more wavelengths that are greater than twice the distance, a channel capacity that exceeds a channel capacity that the first number of antennas would provide if each of the first number of antennas were to have a same reception profile; and
a signal analyzer configured to recover information from a second number of signals each received by at least one of the first number of antennas over a respective one of a third number of signal pipes and each having a wavelength that is greater than twice the distance, the second number of signals related to the third number of signal pipes.
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Abstract
An embodiment of a receiver includes a first number of antennas and a signal analyzer. The antennas are each spaced from another of the antennas by approximately a distance, and are configured to provide, at one or more wavelengths that are greater than twice the distance, a channel capacity that exceeds a saturation channel capacity. The signal analyzer is configured to recover information from a second number of signals each received by at least one of the antennas over a respective one of a third number of signal pipes, and each having a wavelength that is greater than twice the distance, the second number being related to the third number. Such a receiver can be a multiple-input-multiple-output orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM-MIMO) receiver that can be configured to increase the information-carrying capacity of a channel (i.e., increase the channel capacity) above and beyond a saturation capacity of the channel.
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306 Claims
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1. A receiver, comprising:
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a first number of antennas each spaced from another of the antennas by approximately a distance and configured to provide, at one or more wavelengths that are greater than twice the distance, a channel capacity that exceeds a channel capacity that the first number of antennas would provide if each of the first number of antennas were to have a same reception profile; and a signal analyzer configured to recover information from a second number of signals each received by at least one of the first number of antennas over a respective one of a third number of signal pipes and each having a wavelength that is greater than twice the distance, the second number of signals related to the third number of signal pipes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 17, 21, 24, 25, 29, 36, 37, 38, 44)
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103. A method, comprising:
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receiving each of a first number of signals over a second number of signal pipes of a channel having a capacity with at least one of a third number of antennas, each of the first number of signals having a wavelength that is greater than twice a distance, each of the third number of antennas spaced from another of the antennas by approximately the distance such that the capacity of the channel exceeds a channel capacity that the third number of antennas would provide if each of the third number of antennas were to have a same reception profile, the first number of signals related to the second number of signal pipes; and recovering information from the first number of signals. - View Dependent Claims (106, 126, 127, 184, 192)
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203. A tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing machine, cause the computing machine, or circuitry under control of the computing machine:
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to receive each of a first number of signals over a second number of signal pipes of a channel having a capacity with at least one of a third number of antennas, each of the first number of signals having a wavelength that is greater than twice a distance, each of the third number of antennas spaced from another of the antennas by approximately the distance such that the capacity of the channel exceeds a channel capacity that the third number of antennas would provide if each of the third number of antennas were to have a same reception profile, the first number of signals related to the second number of signal pipes; and to recover information from the first number of signals.
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304. A receiver, comprising:
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a first number of antennas each spaced from another of the antennas by approximately a distance and configured to provide, at one or more wavelengths that are greater than twice the distance, a channel capacity that exceeds a channel capacity that the first number of antennas would provide if each of the first number of antennas were to have a respective directivity that is no higher than a directivity of a dipole antenna; and a signal analyzer configured to recover information from a second number of signals each received by at least one of the first number of antennas over a respective one of a third number of signal pipes and each having a wavelength that is greater than twice the distance, the second number of signals related to the third number of signal pipes.
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305. A method, comprising:
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receiving each of a first number of signals over a second number of signal pipes of a channel having a capacity with at least one of a third number of antennas, each of the first number of signals having a wavelength that is greater than twice a distance, each of the third number of antennas spaced from another of the antennas by approximately the distance such that the capacity of the channel exceeds a channel capacity that the third number of antennas would provide if each of the third number of antennas were to have a respective directivity that is no higher than a directivity of a dipole antenna, the first number of signals related to the second number of signal pipes; and recovering information from the first number of signals.
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306. A tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing machine, cause the computing machine, or circuitry under control of the computing machine:
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to receive each of a first number of signals over a second number of signal pipes of a channel having a capacity with at least one of a third number of antennas, each of the first number of signals having a wavelength that is greater than twice a distance, each of the third number of antennas spaced from another of the antennas by approximately the distance such that the capacity of the channel exceeds a channel capacity that the third number of antennas would provide if each of the third number of antennas were to have a respective directivity that is no higher than a directivity of a dipole antenna, the first number of signals related to the second number of signal pipes; and to recover information from the first number of signals.
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Specification