# US 5,708,967 A · Communications system having diagonally-arranged pairs of signal propagators

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- Number: US 5,708,967 A
- Document ID: US5708967A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/490,825
- Filed: 1995-06-15
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1994-06-18
- Assignees: U.S. Philips Corporation
- Inventors: Ian M. Clarke
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5708967A

## CPC

- H04W 16/12: Fixed resource partitioning
- H04N 7/20: Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite
- H04W 16/02: Resource partitioning among network components, e.g. reuse partitioning
- H04W 16/24: Cell structures
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A communications system includes a plurality of directional signal propagators, each defining a cell. The cells are arranged in a plurality of rows (R1 to R12), each row including repeating sequences of four propagators transmitting first, second, third and fourth signals (A, B, C, D), respectively, wherein the sequences in successive pairs of contiguous rows (R1, R2 etc.) are offset by one cell, and wherein diagonally arranged pairs of the propagators in pairs of contiguous rows transmit the same signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A communications system comprising a plurality of directional signal propagation means, each defining a cell, said cells being arranged as a plurality of rows, each row comprising repeating sequences of four propagation means transmitting first, second, third and fourth signals, respectively, wherein the sequences in successive pairs of contiguous rows are offset by one cell, and wherein diagonally arranged pairs of said propagation means in pairs of contiguous rows transmit the same signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A communications system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said diagonally arranged pair of signal propagation means in a pair of contiguous rows are orthogonal to those in an adjacent pair of contiguous rows.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A communications system as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that the first and second signals and the third and fourth signals respectively comprise orthogonal polarisations of first and second frequencies.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A communications system as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that said orthogonal polarisations are respectively vertical and horizontal and in that the vertically polarised signals are propagated at a lower power than the horizontally polarised signals.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A communications system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that each signal propagation means comprises a horn antenna.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A communications system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that each signal propagation means comprises a sixty-four degree horn antenna having a 28 dB front to back ratio and a 17 dB sidelobe at ninety degrees.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A communications system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the first and second signals and the third and fourth signals respectively comprise orthogonal polarisations of first and second frequencies.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

A communications system as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that said orthogonal polarisation are respectively vertical and horizontal and in that the vertically polarised signals are propagated at a lower power than the horizontally polarised signals.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A base station for use in the communications system as claimed in claim 1, characterised by transmitting means and first and second substantially oppositely directed signal propagation means coupled to the transmitting means.