H04B 7/0491
Using two or more sectors, i.e. sector diversity
Official title: using two or more sectors, i.e. sector diversity
H04B7/0491 (Using two or more sectors, i.e. sector diversity) appears on 486 US grants and 462 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 486
- Published applications
- 462
- Assignees
- 162
- Inventors
- 919
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 3 |
| 2002 | 12 | 10 |
| 2003 | 14 | 25 |
| 2004 | 15 | 29 |
| 2005 | 11 | 18 |
| 2006 | 21 | 20 |
| 2007 | 13 | 16 |
| 2008 | 14 | 20 |
| 2009 | 13 | 22 |
| 2010 | 11 | 15 |
| 2011 | 16 | 19 |
| 2012 | 27 | 13 |
| 2013 | 22 | 15 |
| 2014 | 18 | 14 |
| 2015 | 17 | 20 |
| 2016 | 20 | 19 |
| 2017 | 12 | 22 |
| 2018 | 31 | 26 |
| 2019 | 26 | 28 |
| 2020 | 38 | 31 |
| 2021 | 27 | 22 |
| 2022 | 15 | 13 |
| 2023 | 18 | 21 |
| 2024 | 18 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 11 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reception-side apparatus and radio communication method14 Apr 2026US 12,603,678 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Modular system for detecting, tracking, and transmitting to identified objects10 Feb 2026US 12,546,851 B2Anduril Industries, Inc.
- Full-duplex communication method and apparatus14 Oct 2025US 12,445,177 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Antenna switching method and related device29 Jul 2025US 12,375,139 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Network time sectoring15 Apr 2025US 12,279,250 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Method and device for performing beamforming training procedure considering millimeter wave band in wlan system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213801 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Switched-beam fixed wireless access system27 Nov 2025US 2025/0365046 A1Airgain Incorporated
- Network time sectoring21 Aug 2025US 2025/0267649 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Sector Sweep Method and Apparatus17 Jul 2025US 2025/0234214 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Beam management for distributed multi-antenna systems3 Jul 2025US 2025/0219710 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dual distributed antenna system415US 5,513,176 AQUALCOMM Incorporated · 1996
- Spatial division multiple access wireless communication systems369US 5,515,378 AArrayComm, Inc. · 1996
- Spatial division multiple access wireless communication systems276US 5,642,353 AArrayComm, Inc. · 1997
- Channel assignment and call admission control for spatial division multiple access communication systems276US 5,886,988 AArrayComm, Inc. · 1999
- Microcell system in digital cellular260US 5,243,598 APacTel Corporation · 1993