Patent ID: 8154451

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: (a) a mobile unit operatively coupled to at least one antenna, said antenna(s) configured to transmit electromagnetic waves having a polarization state fixed with respect to said mobile antenna(s) and receive electromagnetic waves having an arbitrary polarization; (b) a remote transceiver operatively coupled to a multitude of antennas, said antennas configured to transmit electromagnetic waves having a fixed polarization state with respect to said transceiver and receive electromagnetic waves having an arbitrary polarization; (c) at least one sensor for sensing the orientation of said mobile unit with respect to a fixed reference frame where at least one of said sensors is located on said mobile unit (d) a means for using the output of said sensor to resolve the relative orientation of said mobile unit and said remote transceiver, (e) a means for using said relative orientation to decouple incident polarized electromagnetic signals on said antenna(s) of said mobile unit, (f) (a) at least one sensor for sensing the position of said mobile unit with respect to a fixed reference frame, (g) (b) a means for using said position and said relative orientation to decouple incident polarized electromagnetic signals on said antenna(s) of said mobile unit.