Patent ID: 8374607
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of processing user data in a communications system comprising a base station having multiple directional transceiver units and a mobile unit connected to a first and a second directional transceiver unit of said base station and positioned in a handover area associated with said first and second directional transceiver unit, said method comprising the steps of: said first directional transceiver unit detecting a user data carrying signal originating from said mobile unit and generating first detected user data based on said user data carrying signal; said second directional transceiver unit detecting said user data signal originating from said mobile unit and generating second detected user data based on said user data carrying signal; jointly processing said first detected user data and said second detected user data to provide processed user data; and increasing the antenna gain of said first directional transceiver unit in said handover area for incrementing the radio performance of said first directional transceiver unit in said handover area.