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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Fitton, London, GB;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/707 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/707 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a processor for a base station control unit, the base station control unit being associated with a plurality of antennas; the processor comprising a plurality of processing streams, each stream being suitable for generating signals for at least one user in a plurality of users; wherein any of the processing streams can be used to generate the signals for any user in the plurality of users and for transmission by any antenna in the plurality of antennas.