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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Robert Mark Harrison, Grapevine, TX (US);
Mansoor Ahmed, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Richard Tonge, Charlton Kings, GB;
Nick Whinnett, Marlborough, GB;
Robert Mark Harrison, Grapevine, TX (US);
Mansoor Ahmed, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Richard Tonge, Charlton Kings, GB;
Nick Whinnett, Marlborough, GB;
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for adapting an antenna array for closed loop transmit diversity, the method comprising: receiving an adapting signal corresponding to an antenna array weighting pattern for a time period; demodulating the adapting signal to provide a symbol for the time period; determining a preferred symbol from the symbol for the time period and a previous symbol for a previous time period; and transmitting with an antenna array weighting pattern corresponding to the preferred symbol.