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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William K. Myers, McKinney, TX (US);
Eugene A. Robinson, Dallas, TX (US);
Hatcher E. Chalkley, Carrollton, TX (US);
Michael L. Brobston, Allen, TX (US);
Douglas B. Weiner, The Colony, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ;
Abstract
A point-to-multipoint communication system wherein the base station broadcasts the same frequency band signals over multiple sectors of given node. The base station includes a plurality of channel receivers (ch.,-ch. n) for each sector and a plurality of antennas,and,selectively coupled to said channel receivers. The subsector antennas have these radiation centers offset from each other to present different coverage over the node.