Cyclic staggered communications network with switched antenna polarization diversity

A cyclic staggered multi-antenna communications system comprising:

• a circular arrangement of a plurality of antennas, wherein the circular arrangement of the plurality of antennas is terminated using one additional transmitter or receiver at a terminal end;
• a plurality of transceivers centrally located within the circular arrangement and operatively connected to one or more of the plurality of antennas for processing communication signals;
• and
• wherein the plurality of antennas includes a plurality of paired polarized antennas associated with each of the plurality of transceivers, the plurality of paired polarized antennas including at least a first antenna with a first polarization and a second antenna with a second polarization, the first antenna and second antenna transmitting and receiving the communications signals;
• and
• a first group of switches selectively connecting a transmitter or a receiver, of the plurality of transceivers, to at least one antenna from each of the plurality of paired polarized;
• and a second group of switches selectively connecting a transmitter or a receiver, of the plurality of transceivers, to at least one antenna from a physically adjacent pair of the plurality of paired polarized antennas.

A cyclic multi-antenna communication system comprising:

• a plurality of paired transmitters and receivers for processing communication signals;
• a circularly arranged plurality of dual-polarized antenna pairs, each dual-dual-polarized antenna pair including at least a first antenna with a first polarization and a second antenna with a second polarization, the first antenna and second antenna transmitting and receiving the communications signals;
• a first group of switches;
• and a second group of switches,
• wherein a first paired transmitter is connectable, via a first group of switches, one antenna of a first dual-polarized antenna pair, wherein a corresponding paired receiver is connectable, via a second group of switches, to another antenna of a second dual-polarized antenna pair, and wherein the first dual-polarized antenna pair and the second dual-polarized antenna pair share a same physical one of the first antenna with the first polarization but include different physical ones of the second antenna with the second polarization.