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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Douglas Kenneth Rosener, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
William Owen Brown, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Kenneth Rosener, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
William Owen Brown, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining proximity of a mobile radio relative to its base radio. Antenna diversity is utilized to provide improved proximity detection, such as NEAR state or FAR state, of the mobile radio relative to its base radio.