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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Max Ward Muterspaugh, Westfield, IN (US);
Max Ward Muterspaugh, Westfield, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for controlling transmission of a transmitted signal in a communications device. The apparatus includes a first antenna for receiving a first signal using a first polarization, a second antenna for receiving the first signal and a second signal and transmitting the second signal in a second polarization, and a controller coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna for adjusting the transmitting by the second antenna in response to the first signal received by the first antenna and the second antenna. The method includes the steps of receiving a first signal using a first polarization, receiving the first signal using a second polarization, transmitting a second signal using the second polarization, and controlling the transmitting step in response to the step of receiving using the first polarization and the step of receiving using the second polarization.