Patent ID: 8588334

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: an antenna array system including at least one column with at least one antenna element, and at least one polarization; and a transmitter system, including a plurality of transmitter devices, configured to receive respective input signals, process said respective input signals to generate processed signals and transmit the processed signals through the antenna array system, wherein at least one output port of the transmitter system is connected to a non-antenna load; in the event of a failure of any of the plurality of transmitter devices, the transmitter system including a signal processor configured to modify the respective input signals, and the remaining operational transmitter devices configured to increase their output power by an amount determined in accordance with a total number of transmitter devices in the plurality, such that substantially no transmitted signal power is lost relative to the case wherein there is no failure of any of the plurality of transmitter devices; and wherein substantially similar amounts of signal energy associated with each of the respective input signals are output from the transmitter system to the antenna array system after said failure relative to the case wherein there is no failure of any of the plurality of transmitter devices.