Patent ID: 8837350
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication method for use in a network in which a plurality of user terminals are allocated respective symbol positions within timeslots for communication to at least one of the plurality of user terminals from a base station, comprising: periodically transmitting, from the base station, a signal representing coded information to the at least one of the plurality of user terminals utilizing at least two antennas belonging to the base station, the signal being transmitted within each of a plurality of periodic timeslots, the plurality of periodic timeslots being determined based on at least a mobility of the plurality of user terminals, each of the at least two antennas transmitting same coded information only during a symbol position assigned to each of the at least two antennas, the assigned symbol positions being separated in time according to a specified sequential spacing of symbol positions within the timeslot.