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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Nxgen Partners Ip, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Solyman Ashrafi, Plano, TX (US);
Roger Linquist, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
NXGEN PARTNERS IP, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04L 27/34 (2006.01); H04B 7/10 (2017.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0456 (2013.01); H04B 7/0469 (2013.01); H04B 7/10 (2013.01); H04L 5/0014 (2013.01); H04L 9/0852 (2013.01); H04L 27/2639 (2013.01); H04L 27/34 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communications system comprises a maximum ratio combining (MRC) circuit for receiving a plurality of input data streams and for processing the plurality of input data streams using maximum ration combining to improve signal to noise ratio. A MIMO transmitter transmits the MRC processed carrier signal over a plurality of separate communications links from the MIMO transmitter, each of the plurality of separate communications links from one transmitting antenna of a plurality of transmitting antennas to each of a plurality of receiving antennas at a MIMO receiver.