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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:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Applicants:
Ernest T. Tsui, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Harp, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ernest T. Tsui, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Harp, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A base station for a wireless communication system has an antenna system that provides a downstream transmit pattern partitioned into azimuthal sectors and an upstream receive pattern partitioned into azimuthal sectors and elevation sectors. The base station has a transmitter connected to the antenna system to transmit a signal to a subscriber using the downstream transmit pattern, and a receiver connected to the antenna system for receiving a signal from the subscriber using the upstream receive pattern.