Patent ID: 8432884

Claim:
An apparatus for transmitting information in a wireless communications system, comprising: a first interface for receiving a plurality of input data streams; signal processing circuitry for transmitting and receiving the plurality of input data streams on a single RF frequency of a radio frequency channel, each of the plurality of input data streams on the single RF frequency having a different orbital angular momentum imparted thereto, wherein the signal processing circuitry further comprises: first signal processing circuitry for imparting the different orbital angular momentum to each of the plurality of input data streams; a signal combiner for combining at least a portion of the plurality of input data streams having the different orbital angular momentum onto the single RF frequency; and a transmitter for transmitting the single RF frequency having the plurality of different orbital angular momentums therein over the radio frequency channel; a second interface for outputting the single frequency having the plurality of input data streams each having the different orbital angular momentum imparted thereto.