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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Cornelius Van Rensburg, Wylie, TX (US);
Shahab Sanayei, Plano, TX (US);
Young Hoon Kwon, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony C. K. Soong, Plano, TX (US);
Cornelius Van Rensburg, Wylie, TX (US);
Shahab Sanayei, Plano, TX (US);
Young Hoon Kwon, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony C. K. Soong, Plano, TX (US);
FutureWei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for wirelessly communicating using beamswitching is provided. A communications system includes a high-power signal cable coupled to a signal amplifier, a radio frequency circuit coupled to the high-power signal cable, and a control unit coupled to the radio frequency circuit. The high-power signal cable conveys a transmission signal produced by the signal amplifier. The radio frequency circuit includes a plurality of antennas, a passive network having a plurality of output ports and a plurality of input ports, each output port coupled to an antenna of the plurality of antennas, and a plurality of switches coupled to the high-power signal cable, each switch coupled to an input port in the plurality of input ports. The control unit produces the control signal based on a specified coupling of the high-power signal cable to the passive network.