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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2001
Applicants:

Ying J. Feria, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Donald C. D. Chang, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Ming U. Chang, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Urban A. Von Der Embse, Westchester, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ying J. Feria, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Donald C. D. Chang, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Ming U. Chang, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Urban A. Von Der Embse, Westchester, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DirecTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of increasing utilization of user link bandwidth for a code division multiple access communications system is disclosed that includes the steps of selecting a set of orthogonal complex codes each having a code length that is greater than a code length of an optimum real code and less than or equal to a number of antenna elements in an antenna array of the feeder link.


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