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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
May. 09, 1997
Bruce Kostreski, Wheaton, MD (US);
Allan Schneider, Falls Church, VA (US);
Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Within a desired service area, multiple transmitters at separately located sites simultaneously broadcast the same multi-channel, multi-program signal. Broadcast waves from the transmitters propagate substantially throughout the service area and overlap in a substantial portion of the area. The signals are broadcast as spread spectrum signals and the receivers include despreaders with rake capabilities to obtain enhanced output signals with multi-path reception. In the preferred implementation, the channels are 6 MHz wide channels broadcast in the super high frequency microwave portion of the spectrum. Each such channel carries a multiplexed digital data stream containing packets of information for a plurality of programs, e.g., television programs.