Patent ID: 6865392

Claim:
A communication system comprising: a plurality of communication circuits disposed to divide a region into communication areas; wherein each communication area is divided into at least a first portion and a second portion; wherein each communication circuit communicates using a first polarization in the first portion of its communication area and communicates using a second polarization in the second portion of its communication area; wherein adjacent first portions of communication areas for the plurality of communication circuits use the same polarization to form substantially linear communication regions of the same polarization; wherein each communication area is further divided into at least a first sector and a second sector, wherein the communication circuit communicates using a first subband within a particular frequency spectrum in the first sector and the communication circuit communicates using a second subband within a particular frequency spectrum in the second sector; wherein the division of each communication area into at least the first portion and second portion is independent of the division of each communication area into at least the first sector and second sector.