Patent ID: 6345188
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A base station for receiving a signal from, and transmitting a signal to a mobile station associated with a user, the signal from the mobile station arriving at the base station along several different paths and incurring several different delays, the base station comprising:one or more antenna arrays each including several antenna elements, the antenna arrays transmitting the signal to and receiving the signal from the mobile station; and one or more channel units comprising means for phasing the transmitted signal in such a way that signal gain is greatest in a desired direction, and means for distinguishing data received from the mobile station into data relating to connection quality and received user data; wherein each of the channel units further comprises means for searching the received signal and determining incoming directions and delays of the received signal components and means for controlling the phasing means when transmitting to the mobile station based on said determined incoming direction and delay data and on the data relating to the connection quality.