Patent ID: 9124333
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having embodied thereon computer-usable instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, perform a method for combining uplink signals received via an antenna array that includes a plurality of elements, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of element pairs within the antenna array, wherein each element pair contains two non-adjacent elements separated by a single element within the antenna array, wherein each element in the element pair receives an uplink signal, utilizing two-branch combining to combine the uplink signals from the elements within the element pair, thereby providing a resultant two-branch-combined uplink signal for each of the plurality of element pairs; and utilizing n-branch combining to combine the resultant two-branch-combined uplink signals, wherein n is finite and corresponds to the number of element pairs within the antenna array.