Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sharing antennas for increased multiple-input uplink reception
- Patent Title (中): 共享天线,增加多输入上行接收
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Application No.: US13448809Application Date: 2012-04-17
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Publication No.: US08385979B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Allenn Han , Ming-Ju Ho , Stalin Fernando Albanes
- Applicant: Allenn Han , Ming-Ju Ho , Stalin Fernando Albanes
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/00
- IPC: H04M1/00

Abstract:
Sharing antennas among carriers co-located at a base station such to increase throughput of the individual carriers is provided. Thus, the carriers can effectively receive multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) from mobile devices though the individual antennas of the carrier alone are not sufficient to receive such signals. A co-sharing interface is provided that takes signals from antennas of one carrier and forwards the signals to a second co-located carrier. In this regard, a carrier can receive signals from a related set of antennas as well as the co-sharing interface component (from a set of antennas related to a disparate carrier) and process the signals in conjunction. Thus, the signals can be disparate portions of a MIMO signal. In addition, the co-sharing interface can modify the signals as defined by the carrier receiving the signals from the interface, such as by applying gain control, alarming, bypass circuitry, and/or amplification.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120202553A1 SHARING ANTENNAS FOR INCREASED MULTIPLE-INPUT UPLINK RECEPTION Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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