Granted Patent B2

US 9,461,806 · App. 14/548,857 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Abstract

Claims (10)

1. A sectorization method for a wireless base station comprising:

simultaneously transmitting or receiving, by the wireless base station, wireless communications in different modes in different sectors of the wireless base station, wherein the different modes comprise a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode and a non-TDD mode;

wherein the wireless base station transmits in TDD mode in a sector of the wireless base station and simultaneously transmits in non-TDD mode in another sector of the wireless base station; and

wherein the wireless base station receives in TDD mode in a sector of the wireless base station and simultaneously receives in non-TDD mode in another sector of the wireless base station.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the different modes comprise different air interfaces.

3. A sectorization system for a wireless communications system comprising:

a wireless base station that is configured to simultaneously transmit or receive wireless communications in different modes in different sectors thereof, wherein the different modes comprise a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode and a non-TDD mode;

wherein the wireless base station comprises a transmitter that transmits in TDD mode in a sector of the wireless base station and simultaneously transmits in non-TDD mode in another sector of the wireless base station; and

wherein the wireless base station comprises a receiver that receives in TDD mode in a sector of the wireless base station and simultaneously receives in non-TDD mode in another sector of the wireless base station.

4. A system according to claim 3 wherein the different modes comprise different air interfaces.

Assignments (14)