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Patent No.:

US 8781407 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2011
Applicants:

Yuki Inoue, Yokohama, JP;

Keizo Cho, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Yuki Inoue, Yokohama, JP;

Keizo Cho, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An antenna equipment includes an array antenna including a plurality of antenna elements configured to be grouped into at least one group according to each of N communication types, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, a selecting part selecting one of the N communication types, a transmitting part modulating outgoing data to generate an outgoing signal for antenna element or antenna elements belonging to each group for the selected communication type, and a receiving part demodulating an incoming signal from antenna element or antenna elements belonging to each group for the selected communication type to generate incoming data.


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