Patent ID: 9628250
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A beam-forming technique for a radio frequency terminal, comprising: an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements, each of the antenna elements comprising a first port and a second port for receiving or transmitting a signal, the signal comprising a first co-pol component, a first cross-pol component, a second co-pol component and a second cross-pol component, the first co-pol component and the second cross-pol component having a first polarization, the second co-pol component and the first cross-pol component having a second polarization, the first polarization being orthogonal to the second polarization, each of the antenna elements receiving or transmitting the first co-pol component and the second cross-pol component via the first port and receiving or transmitting the second co-pol component and the first cross-pol component via the second port; and a transceiver system coupled to the antenna array, the transceiver system comprising: