Patent ID: 8537745

Claim:
A method for receiving wireless communication at a plurality of receive antennas, comprising: receiving at each of a plurality of antennas a data packet communication signal modulated on a radio frequency (RF) carrier frequency; processing at a corresponding plurality of receive chains for each of the plurality of antennas the received data packet communication signals to produce a plurality of analog signals; producing a sampled and held analog signal respectively for each of the plurality of analog signals; mixing each sampled and held analog signal with a unique spreading signal resulting in an analog signal that is orthogonal to other sampled and held analog signals mixed respectively with other unique spreading signals; multiplexing the plurality of orthogonal analog signals by combining each of the plurality of orthogonal analog signals to produce a single analog signal; generating a digital version of the single analog signal to produce a combined digital signal; and despreading the digital version to produce a digital replica of each data packet communication signal.