Patent ID: 9065523
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) user equipment (UE) comprising: a front end configured to process at least a first signal part, a second signal part, a third signal part and a fourth signal part; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) configured to convert the first signal part at a first frequency, the second signal part at a second frequency, the third signal part at a third frequency and the fourth signal part at a fourth frequency to a common fifth frequency; a baseband processor configured to combine the first, second, third and fourth signal parts into an output signal; wherein the front end includes a wired interface for receiving the first, second, third and fourth signal parts as frequency diverse signals when carried over a wired communication medium; wherein the front end includes a plurality of wireless ports, including a first port, a second port, a third port and a fourth port for receiving the first, second, third and fourth signal parts as spatially diverse signals when carried over a wireless communication medium; and wherein the front end includes one or more switches operable to switch signal paths through the front end from wireline paths to wireless paths depending on whether the first, second, third and fourth signal parts are received at the wired interface or the wireless ports.