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US 6,611,511 B1Granted
Cellular telephone communication system using sector splitting for improved performance
AssigneeCellco Partnership
InventorMark Alan Schulz
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AssigneeCellco Partnership
InventorMark Alan Schulz
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The invention describes a method and apparatus for apparatus for controlling communications between a mobile cellular telephone and a cell of a cellular telephone network. The apparatus comprises a basestation, a duplexer, a first antenna and a second antenna. The basestation transmits and receives communications between the cell and the mobile cellular telephone. The duplexer is coupled to the basestation and separates transmitted communications from received communications at the cell. The first and second antennas are coupled to the duplexer, transmit signals from the basestation to the mobile cellular telephone and receive signals from the cellular telephone for the basestation, and are spatially diverse to allow a signal from the first antenna and a signal from the second antenna to be superimposed into a composite signal that is used for communications with the cellular telephone.
An apparatus for controlling communications between a cellular telephone network operating on a plurality of communication channels and having a cell served by at least two antennae and a mobile cellular telephone, the apparatus comprising:
A method of communicating with a mobile telephone in a cellular telephone network operating on a plurality of communicating channels, the cellular telephone network comprising a cell served by at least two antennae, the method comprising the steps of:
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