| US 7,594,010 B2 | ||
| Virtual antenna array | ||
| Mischa Dohler, London (United Kingdom); Abdol Hamid Aghvami, London (United Kingdom); Fatin Said, London (United Kingdom); and Seyed Ali Ghorashi, London (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to King's London College, Greater London (United Kingdom) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/481,950 PCT Filed Jun. 28, 2002, PCT No. PCT/GB02/03010 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 23, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO03/003672, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 09, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 0115799.9 (GB), filed on Jun. 28, 2001; application No. 0115804.7 (GB), filed on Jun. 28, 2001; and application No. 0115807.0 (GB), filed on Jun. 28, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0131025 A1, Jul. 08, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—224 [370/328; 375/260] | 28 Claims |
| 1. A method of transmitting data across an electronic data communication system comprising a plurality of terminals that can
send and receive data in the form of electromagnetic waves to and from at least one of the terminals, which method comprises
the steps of:
(a) identifying at least one control terminal, at least one target terminal and at least one relaying terminal from the plurality
of terminals;
(b) using the control terminal to instruct the at least one relaying terminal to receive and relay data intended for the at
least one target terminal, so that the at least one target terminal can receive data directly from at least one of said plurality
of terminals, and from the at least one relaying terminal;
(c) applying a multiple-input multiple-output communication technique to transfer data to the target terminal from the at
least one terminal and at least one relaying terminal thereby increasing capacity of the system;
(d) monitoring the capacity of the system after the at least one relaying terminal has have begun relaying to the at least
one target terminal to determine whether the system capacity is improved or degraded as a result;
(e) if the system capacity has been degraded, determining whether or not the addition of at least one additional relaying
terminal would increase the system capacity; and
(f) if so, instructing the at least one additional relaying terminal to receive and relay data intended for the at least one
target terminal; and
(g) further monitoring the capacity of the system and repeating steps (e) and (f) if the capacity of the system has been degraded.
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