MULTI-CHANNEL TRANSCEIVER HAVING AN ADAPTIVE ANTENNA ARRAY AND METHOD

摘要

A receiver (100), transmitter (200) and transceiver (400) in accordance withthe present invention overcome the disadvantages of applying adaptive antennaarray technology to multi-channel communication systems. Multi-channel radiofrequency (RF) signals received via an adaptive antenna array (102) areconverted from an analog form to a digital form prior to splitting andprocessing to recover communication channels contained therein. A number ofdigital communication signals are digitally combined into a multi-channeldigital signal and converted from the digital form to an analog radiofrequency form prior to transmission from the adaptive antenna array.