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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2005
Chinh H. Doan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sohrab Emami-neyestanak, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Marshall, Danville, CA (US);
Chuen-shen Shung, San Jose, CA (US);
Tim Arthur Williams, Danville, CA (US);
Robert W. Brodersen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Gilbert, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ada Shuk Yan Poon, San Leandro, CA (US);
Chinh H. Doan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sohrab Emami-Neyestanak, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Marshall, Danville, CA (US);
Chuen-Shen Shung, San Jose, CA (US);
Tim Arthur Williams, Danville, CA (US);
Robert W. Brodersen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Gilbert, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ada Shuk Yan Poon, San Leandro, CA (US);
SIBEAM, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for wireless communication with adaptive beamforming. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a processor, a radio frequency (RF) transmitter having a digitally controlled phased array antenna coupled to and controlled by the processor to transmit content using adaptive beamforming, and an interface to a wireless communication channel coupled to the processor to communicate antenna information relating to the use of the phased array antenna and to communicate information to facilitate playing the content at another location.