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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455562 ; 455132 ; 455137 ; 455436 ; 375229 ; 375347 ;
Abstract
An antenna configuration increases the sensitivity of a base station by providing a plurality of antennas each of which cover a disjunct or partially disjunct area of a larger cell. A receiver for each antenna receives signals transmitted from mobile stations. Equalizers are attached to each receiver for correcting the received signals. A combiner then combines the received signals from the different antennas so as to form an estimate of the transmitted signal.