Patent ID: RE44021

Claim:
Apparatus for communicating data formed of a stream of symbols at multiple system inputs pursuant to a MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) communication scheme, said apparatus communicating the stream of symbols throughout a first cell of a wireless communication system from first and second diversity antennas comprising: a first symbol diversity creator disposed at a first cell and adapted to receive the stream of symbols, said first symbol diversity creator configured to split the stream of symbols into a first substream and a second substream, the first symbol diversity creator configured to alter the phase of the symbols of the second substream by a first phase amount resulting in a phase shifted second substream; a first multiple-input applier configured to receive the first substream and the second substream and apply the first substream to at least the first diversity antenna and apply the second substream to at least the second diversity antenna; and a broadcast information generator configured to broadcast information identifying phase shifting information related to phase shifting of the symbols of the second substream.