Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication node and method for generating beamformed signals by backscattering
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Application No.: US16639579Application Date: 2017-09-12
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Publication No.: US11038571B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Miguel Lopez , Thomas Olsson , Leif Wilhelmsson
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Leffler Intellectual Property Law, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/072820 WO 20170912
- International Announcement: WO2019/052626 WO 20190321
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04B7/08 ; H04B5/00 ; H03F3/60 ; H04B1/04 ; H04W4/80

Abstract:
A wireless communication node and method therein for generating beamformed signals by means of backscattering in a wireless communication network are disclosed. The wireless communication node receives a radio frequency signal at a plurality A of antennas. Each antenna is coupled to one of a number of impedance matrices by one of a plurality A of switches. The wireless communication node generates a first baseband signal based on data symbols to be transmitted in a baseband signal generator. The states of each switch are controlled based on its specific switch control signal such that each antenna impedance is selected among a number M of impedances, and thereby the received RF signal at each antenna is modulated by the first baseband signal with its specific phase and reflected. The beamformed signals are generated by the plurality A of antennas by reflecting the modulated RF signals from each antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210135721A1 COMMUNICATION NODE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BEAMFORMED SIGNALS BY BACKSCATTERING Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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