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(11) EP 2 534 501 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
19.12.2012 Bulletin 2012/51

(21) Application number: 11740548.0

(22) Date of filing: 08.02.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01S 7/40(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2011/024111
(87) International publication number:
WO 2011/097651 (11.08.2011 Gazette 2011/32)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 18.01.2011 WO PCT/US2011/002153
08.02.2010 US 302214 P

(71) Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
Irvine, CA 92617 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LORENZ, Robert G.
    Santa Clara, California 95054 (US)
  • HOCHWALD, Bertrand M.
    South Bend, Indiana 46617 (US)

(74) Representative: Jehle, Volker Armin 
Bosch Jehle Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Flüggenstrasse 13
80639 München
80639 München (DE)

   


(54) METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BEAMFORMING A BROADBAND SIGNAL THROUGH A MULTIPORT NETWORK