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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2008
Xiao-dong LI, Ottawa, CA;
Peter M. Deane, Fitzroy Harbour, CA;
Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Kanata, CA;
Neil Mcgowan, Stittsville, CA;
Ming Jia, Ottawa, CA;
Xiao-Dong Li, Ottawa, CA;
Peter M. Deane, Fitzroy Harbour, CA;
Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Kanata, CA;
Neil McGowan, Stittsville, CA;
Ming Jia, Ottawa, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
To provide space division multiple access in a wireless network, plural beams are transmitted within a cell segment. Different information sets are sent in the corresponding plural beams, where one or more of the information sets are detectable by a mobile station depending upon a location of the mobile station in the cell segment. An indication responsive to which of the different information sets is detected by the mobile station is received, and beam selection from among the plural beams is performed according to the received indication.