US2013150055A1

5G,4G

Title

METHOD OF CREATING AND UTILIZING DIVERSITY IN A MULTIPLE CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Application Number:

US201313764230

Publication Date:

13-06-2013

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Application Date:

11-02-2013

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

08-08-2002

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Abstract  Abstract

In many cellular systems reusing spectrum bandwidth creates problems in boundary regions between the cells and sectors where the signal strength received from adjacent base stations or adjacent sector transmissions of a single base station may be nearly equivalent. The invention creates a new type of diversity referred to as multiple carrier diversity by utilizing multiple carriers assigning different power levels to each carrier frequency at each base station and/or offsetting sector antennas. The cell and/or sector coverage areas can be set so as to minimize or eliminate overlap between cell and/or sector boundary regions of different carrier frequencies. Mobile nodes traveling throughout the system can exploit multiple carrier diversity by detecting carriers and selecting to use a non-boundary carrier based on other system criteria in order to improve performance. Boundary carriers may but need not be identified and excluded from consideration for use by a wireless terminal.

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