Patent ID: 6192038
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A communication system having a plurality of channels comprising,a plurality of users for transmitting user signals in user channels,a plurality of macro-diverse collector means distributed at macro-diverse locations, each of said collector means including,collector receiver means including a plurality of micro-diversity receivers each for receiving said user signals and providing a plurality of micro-diverse received signals for each of said plurality of users,collector processing means for processing said micro-diverse received signals to form collector signals including for each of said plurality of users, sequences of data bits representing the microdiverse received signals and including confidence metrics corresponding to said data bits,aggregator means for combining said collector signals from said plurality of macro-diverse collector means for each of said plurality of users to form a final sequence of data bits representing the user signals for each of said plurality of users.