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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Bertrand Hochwald, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Harold Artes, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bertrand Hochwald, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Harold Artes, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0689 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04B 7/0619 (2013.01); H04B 7/0671 (2013.01); H04B 7/0697 (2013.01); H04W 72/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of providing a base station with updated transmission channel information is disclosed. The method includes the base station transmitting beamformed signals to a first terminal. A second terminal receives the transmitted beamformed signals, and measures a signal quality. The second terminal conveys back to the base station the measured signal quality, and a transmission identifier of the beamformed data signal.