Patent ID: 7929925

Claim:
A method for communicating between units A and B, each having a plurality of antennas, where unit A is a mobile device or a base station and unit B is a base station or a mobile device, respectively, comprising the steps of: (a) each antenna i=1, 2, . . . of unit A transmitting, in each of successive unit A time slots k that are synchronized across said plurality of unit A antennas, seriatim, a training sequence TR k i , a data payload sequence PY k i , a sequence for detecting errors E k i , and a control sequence CT k i , where said PY k i , i=1, 2, . . . are constructed to communicate an amount of information that is determined pursuant control sequence information that was most recently received from time slot m of unit B and processed by unit A, Contl m ; (b) unit A receiving information from time slot m+1 of unit B and processing said information; and (c) returning to step (a).