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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Justin Coon, Bristol, GB;
Sema Dumanli Oktar, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/04 (2013.01); H04B 7/0608 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method, in a wireless network, of transmitting a sequence of bits of information from an array of antennas, the array of antennas comprising a plurality of antennas, each antenna of the plurality of antennas having a plurality of feed points, comprises selecting an antenna and at least one feed point of the plurality of feed points for the selected antenna from a plurality of combinations of antenna and at least one feed point to indicate at least part of the sequence of bits; and transmitting a signal from the selected antenna by driving the selected at least one feed point.