| US 7,515,877 B2 | ||
| Communicating signals according to a quality indicator and a time boundary indicator | ||
| Phil F. Chen, Denville, N.J. (US); and Yingxue Li, Bethlehem, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Magnolia Broadband Inc., Bedminster, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 04, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/983,292. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0094418 A1, May 04, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/46 (2006.01); H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04Q 1/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—69 [455/63.1; 455/67.13; 370/332; 375/224] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A method for communicating a signal, comprising:
establishing one or more quality indicators at a first communication device, the first communication device comprising a plurality
of antenna elements, the one or more quality indicators indicating a quality of one or more communication links between the
first communication device and one or more second communication devices;
determining a modification according to the one or more quality indicators, the modification describing at least one adjustment
of one or more modulation features of a plurality of modulation features, wherein said plurality of modulations features include
at least one modulation feature selected from the group consisting of power ratio and phase difference;
receiving a time boundary indicator indicating a boundary of a time period;
modulating at least a first of a plurality of signals relative to a second of said plurality of signals in accordance with
the modification and in response to the time boundary indicator, each of the plurality of signals associated with an antenna
element of the plurality antenna elements; and
sending the plurality of signals from the respective plurality of antenna elements to yield a transmitted signal.
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