Patents Examined by Phuongchau Ba Nguye
  • Patent number: 7085223
    Abstract: A communication device for receiving and transmitting OFDM signals in a wireless communication system, in which each OFDM signal is composed of a plurality of subcarrier signals each being assigned to a respective transmission channel. The device includes a diversity antenna, examination mechanism adapted for examining, individually for each antenna element, at least one subcarrier signal of an OFDM reception signal received by a respective one of the antenna elements and for gaining, from the result of such subcarrier signal examination, attenuation information on attenuation properties of at least some of the transmission channels associated with the respective antenna element and an amplitude adjustment mechanism adapted for adjusting, individually for each antenna element, the amplitude of at least one subcarrier signal of an OFDM transmission signal to be transmitted from a respective one of said antenna elements in accordance with said attenuation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: SONY International (Europe) GmbH
    Inventor: Seiichi Izumi