Method and apparatus for transmission from multiple non-collocated base stations over wireless radio networks

Abstract

A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for wireless transmission from multiple non-colocated antennas. In one embodiment, a wireless communication system comprises a controller to control a set of antenna elements dispersed over multiple, non-collocated base stations to wirelessly transmit information-bearing signals to one or more receivers using OFDM transmission, wherein control unit includes an antenna selection control operable to select non-collocated antenna elements from the set of antenna elements to send at least one signal to a receiver in the wireless communication system from antenna elements located at different base stations, and further wherein the OFDM transmission uses a circular prefix long enough to accommodate a maximum possible relative delay in reception between arrivals of the transmitted signals.

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