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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:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Gatherer, Richardson, TX (US);
Mohammed Nafie, Richardson, TX (US);
Anand G. Dabak, Plano, TX (US);
Carl M. Panasik, Garland, TX (US);
Michael L. McMahan, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 2/100 ;
Abstract
A concentrator ( ) coupled to a wired network ( ) also acts as a master device relative to each of a plurality of ad hoc wireless communication networks ( ), thereby permitting wireless communication devices in the ad hoc networks to access the wired network. The concentrator utilizes antenna array processing and beamforming techniques when communicating with the devices of the various networks, in order to advantageously reduce communication interference between the networks.