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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Andrew Urquhart, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Simon Gale, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew Urquhart, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Simon Gale, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H03C 7/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/06 (2006.01); H04W 16/10 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/10 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method of communicating between a first node including a plurality of antennas and a second node, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a signal from the first node to said second node using each of the plurality of antennas of the first node; at the second node, selecting one of the plurality of antennas for use; and communicating between the two nodes using this selected antenna. The invention is also directed to apparatus and software for performing the methods.