Patent ID: 6606485
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A wireless communication system comprising:a plurality of base stations, wherein each of said base stations transmits signals on at least one of a plurality of frequencies; a plurality of mobile stations, at least one of said plurality of mobile stations includes: a transmitter for transmitting signals to at least one of said plurality of base stations; a receiver coupled to said transmitter for receiving signals from at least one of said plurality of base stations, said receiver having N subreceivers, wherein N is an integer greater than one and each of said N subreceivers is capable of being independently tuned to a desired frequency of said at least one of said plurality of frequencies; and wherein said N subreceivers includes at least one of: (a) a first subreceiver and a second subreceiver tuned to frequency bands having equal frequency widths; (b) a third subreceiver and a fourth subreceiver tuned at a first frequency band and a second frequency band, respectively, and said first frequency band is two times as wide in the frequency domain as said second frequency band; and (c) a fifth subreceiver and a sixth subreceiver tuned to a third frequency band and a fourth frequency band, respectively, and said third frequency band is three times as wide in the frequency domain as said fourth frequency band.