Patent ID: 7596354

Claim:
A communication device comprising an antenna; a transceiver coupled to the antenna, the transceiver employed to manage signal transmissions to and from the antenna; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to receive a first signal having a first polarization, receive a second signal having a second polarization different from the first polarization, and transmit signal strength information associated with the first and second signals and a phase angle between the first and second signals to a gateway to facilitate transmission of content-bearing signals to the communication device by the gateway, wherein each of the content-bearing signals comprising a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal having respective amounts of signal power that are determined proportionally based at least in part on the signal strength information and having a phasing between the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal based at least in part on the phase angle, to substantially match a polarization orientation of the antenna.