Methods and Apparatus for Overlapping MIMO Physical Sectors
AssigneeHelvetia IP AG
InventorsRoc Lastinger, John Spenik, Brian C. Woodbury
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Abstract
A system for communicating with wireless devices. The systems includes radio groups whose MIMO physical sectors overlap. The MIMO physical sectors communicate using different channels. The MIMO physical sectors overlap to form an area of overlap. Each radio group includes directional antennas and radios. Radios are selectively coupled to the antennas. The antennas that are oriented so that the physical sectors of the antennas overlap to operate as MIMO antennas and form the MIMO physical sector for the radio group. The antennas operate as a MIMO antenna.
Claims7
A system for wirelessly communicating with provided wireless devices via a plurality of multiple-input-multiple-output (“MIMO”) antennas, the system comprising:
- a first radio group comprising at least three directional antennas and at least three radios, each radio coupled to at least one antenna, the radios and antennas of the first group cooperate to transmit and receive as a first MIMO antenna having a first MIMO physical sector;
- and
- a second radio group comprising at least three directional antennas and at least three radios, each radio coupled to at least one antenna, the radios and antennas of the second group cooperate to transmit and receive as a second MIMO antenna having a second MIMO physical sector;
- wherein:
- the first MIMO antenna and the second MIMO antenna transmit and receive using a first channel and a second channel respectively, the first channel different from the second channel;
- and
- the first MIMO physical sector overlaps at least 30 percent of an area of the second MIMO physical sector.
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