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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Yannick Le Pezennec, Madrid, ES;

Miguel Arranz Arauzo, Madrid, ES;

Brendan Mcwilliams, Madrid, ES;

Javier Lopez Roman, Madrid, ES;

Julio Urbano Ruiz, Madrid, ES;

Santiago Tenorio Sanz, Madrid, ES;

Inventors:

Yannick Le Pezennec, Madrid, ES;

Miguel Arranz Arauzo, Madrid, ES;

Brendan McWilliams, Madrid, ES;

Javier Lopez Roman, Madrid, ES;

Julio Urbano Ruiz, Madrid, ES;

Santiago Tenorio Sanz, Madrid, ES;

Assignee:

VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); G08C 15/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0658 (2013.01); G08C 15/00 (2013.01); H04B 7/0417 (2013.01); H04B 7/0671 (2013.01); H04B 7/0682 (2013.01); H04B 7/0469 (2013.01); H04B 7/10 (2013.01); H04B 7/0473 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and system for improving the performance of mobile communication networks. The method and system employs the additional functionality whereby an additional phase offset can be applied to one of the physical paths (one physical antenna) in order to modify and adapt the transmit polarization. In the preferred embodiment, the criterion for selecting the additional phase offset will be to maximize the energy received from the HSPA serving cell by the legacy HSDPA user equipments.


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