US 8,509,711 B1 · Wireless terminals, systems, and methods using interlaced diplexers

Abstract

Wireless terminals, systems, and methods use interlaced diplexers. A first diplexer can provide a first pair of bands separated by a first separation band, and a second diplexer can provide a second pair of bands separated by a second separation band. The first separation band and the second separation band can overlap. Transceivers (comprising transmitters and receivers) can be coupled to the diplexers to provide frequency-division duplex communications using one or both of the pairs of bands.

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Dependent claims

A wireless communications terminal, comprising:

a plurality of wireless transmitters;
a plurality of wireless receivers;
a plurality of interlaced diplexers coupled to the plurality of wireless transmitters and the plurality of wireless receivers;
wherein the plurality of diplexers comprises:
a first diplexer comprising a first transmit band and a first receive band separated by a first separation band and a second diplexer comprising a second transmit band and a second receive band separated by a second separation band;
and
wherein one of the first transmit band and the first receive band are within the second separation band, and one of the second transmit band and the second receive band are within the first separation band.

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A method of operating a wireless network, comprising:

providing a first terminal comprising a plurality of interleaved diplexers, wherein the first terminal transmits within a first frequency band and receives within a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band and second frequency band are separated by a first separation band, and wherein the second terminal also transmits within a third frequency band and receives within a fourth frequency band, wherein the third frequency band and the fourth frequency band are separated by a second separation band, and wherein one of the first frequency band and the second frequency band are within the second separation band, and one of the third frequency band and the fourth frequency band are within the first separation band;
providing a second terminal comprising a plurality of interlaced diplexers, wherein the second terminal transmits within the second frequency band and receives within the first frequency band, and wherein the third terminal transmits within the third frequency band and receives within the fourth frequency band;
establishing full duplex communications between the first terminal and the second terminal using the first frequency band and the second frequency band.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Wireless terminals, systems, and methods using interlaced diplexers

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Wireless terminals, systems, and methods using interlaced diplexers

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