Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Complementary beamforming methods and apparatuses
- Patent Title (中): 互补波束成形方法和装置
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Application No.: US13085335Application Date: 2011-04-12
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Publication No.: US08195242B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Vahid Tarokh , Yang-Seok Choi , Siavash Alamouti
- Applicant: Vahid Tarokh , Yang-Seok Choi , Siavash Alamouti
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: XR Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: XR Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04B1/00
- IPC: H04B1/00

Abstract:
Improved methods and apparatuses are provided to address a potential “hidden beam problem” in wireless communication systems employing smart antennas. The improved methods and apparatuses utilize complementary beamforming (CBF) techniques, such as, for example, Subspace Complementary Beamforming (SCBF), Complementary Superposition Beamforming (CSBF) and/or Single Beam Complementary Beamforming (SBCBF) techniques.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110299460A1 Complementary Beamforming Methods and Apparatuses Public/Granted day:2011-12-08
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