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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kumud S Patel, Germantown, MD (US);
Daniel R Wending, Darnestown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 133 ; 455 20 ; 455 22 ; 455137 ; 4551891 ; 455131 ; 455133 ; 4551901 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for use in receiving radio frequency (RF) signals having varied frequency bands from a n-sector base station antenna, and converting the RF signals to intermediate frequency (IF) signals for allocation to all available receiver radio channels. By employing a combiner and power splitter/divider, the IF signals from the converters in each sector of the receiver can be accessed by every receiver radio channel. Accordingly, remote communications users placing calls in high traffic sectors will have access to all available radio communications channels.