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US 2014/0233666 A1Published application
Multiple-input multiple-output (mimo) communication system
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsLuis Alberto Campos, Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Ian MacMillan
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Abstract
A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capable system is contemplated. The communication system may include a signal processor configured to separate an input stream into multiple signal paths to facilitate simultaneous transport through a communication medium. The capability to simultaneously transmit multiples signal paths may be beneficial in order to maximize throughput and/or minimize expense.
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A method of facilitating wireless signaling comprising:
- determining a first signal desired for transport to a first device;
- separating the first signal into at least a first part, a second part, a third part and a fourth part, each of the first, second, third and fourth parts being frequency diverse at least in that each is modulated at a different frequency;
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- facilitating transmission of the first, second, third and fourth parts over a wireline communication medium such that at least one of the first, second, third and fourth parts are received at a first remote antenna unit and at least one of the first, second, third and fourth parts are received at the second remote antenna unit, the first and second remote antenna units being configured to wirelessly transmit the received one or more of the first, second, third and fourth parts to the first device over a wireless communication medium.
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A method of facilitating wireless signaling comprising:
- determining a first signal desired for transport to a first device, the first signaling being separated into at least a first part, a second part, a third part and a fourth part for transmission to a first device partially over a wireline communication medium;
- determining a plurality of remote antenna units connected to the wireline communication medium having capabilities sufficient to facilitate wirelessly transmitting one or more of the first, second, third and fourth parts to the first device;
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- determining at least a first remote antenna unit and a second remote antenna unit of the plurality of remote antennas units to wirelessly transmit one or more of the first, second, third and fourth parts to the first device based on relative wireless communications capabilities, the relative wireless communication capabilities representing capabilities of each of the plurality of remote antenna units to wireless communicate with the first device relative.
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A system for facilitating wireless signaling comprising:
- a signal processor configured for separating a first signal desired for transport to a first device partially over a wireline communication medium into at least first and second parts, the at least first and second parts being frequency diverse;
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- a plurality of remote antenna units having capabilities sufficient to facilitate wirelessly communicating the at least first and second parts to the first device, including capability sufficient to convert the at least first and second parts to non-frequency diverse wireless signals;
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- wherein the signal processor determines at least a first remote antenna unit and a second remote antenna unit of the plurality of remote antennas units to wirelessly transmit a respective one of the first and second parts based on relative wireless communications capabilities of the plurality of remote antenna units.
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