Patent ID: RE42681

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: transmitter circuitry comprising encoder circuitry for receiving a plurality of symbols; a plurality of antennas coupled to the transmitter circuitry and for transmitting signals from the transmitter circuitry to a receiver, wherein the signals are responsive to the plurality of symbols; and wherein the encoder circuitry is for applying space time block coded transmit antenna open loop diversity and closed loop diversity to the plurality of symbols to form the signals; wherein the plurality of antennas comprises a pluraltty plurality of sets of antennas; wherein for each of the sets of antennas the encoder circuitry is for applying space tile time block coded transmit antenna diversity to selected ones of the plurality of symbols such that signals transmitted by any one antenna in the set of antennas represent open loop diversity with respect to signals transmitted by any other antenna in the set of antennas; and wherein for each of the sets of antennas the encoder circuitry is for applying a weight to the plurality of symbols such that signals fitted in response to the weight represent a closed loop diversity with respect to signals transmitted by any other antenna in any other of the sets of antennas.