Dual mode base station

US8971220B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8971220-B2
Application numberUS-95847010-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 2, 2010
Priority dateDec 2, 2010
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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A base station including at least a transceiver switch is provided enabling the base station to transmit and receive data in either FDD or TDD mode from an antenna. The base station may be provided with a synthesizer which can be retuned from FDD to TDD mode or alternatively, an FDD and a TDD synthesizer and a switch enabling the transmitter and receiver of the base station to process FDD or TDD mode data respectively.

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What is claimed is: 1. Apparatus comprising: (i) an input; (ii) an output; (iii) a transmit processor configured to process data for transmission by the output; (iv) a receive processor configured to process data received by the input; (v) a duplexer connected to the input and output, and including a first port and a second port, the duplexer being configured to pass data received in a first frequency band between one of the input and output and the first port and data rec…

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What does patent US8971220B2 cover?
A base station including at least a transceiver switch is provided enabling the base station to transmit and receive data in either FDD or TDD mode from an antenna. The base station may be provided with a synthesizer which can be retuned from FDD to TDD mode or alternatively, an FDD and a TDD synthesizer and a switch enabling the transmitter and receiver of the base station to process FDD or TD…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Reed Christopher, Gale Simon, Urquhart Andrew, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04B1/44. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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