Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, method and computer-readable medium for estimating direction of arrival of a signal incident on at least one antenna array
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Application No.: US15324980Application Date: 2014-07-08
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Publication No.: US10320461B2Publication Date: 2019-06-11
- Inventor: Theodore S. Rappaport
- Applicant: New York University , Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI)
- Applicant Address: US NY New York KR Daejeon
- Assignee: New York University,Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI)
- Current Assignee: New York University,Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI)
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York KR Daejeon
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/045771 WO 20140708
- International Announcement: WO2016/007138 WO 20160114
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04L5/00 ; H04B7/08

Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments include a computer-implemented method for configuring at least one antenna array comprising receiving a plurality of sets of samples corresponding to signals incident on a plurality of antennas; computing a mean of the envelopes of the sums of the respective sets; estimating a direction of arrival of the signals incident on the antennas based on the computed means; and configuring the antenna array based on the estimated direction of arrival. The computing and estimating procedures can be performed for each of a plurality of direction-of-arrival candidates. The estimating procedure can comprise determining a maximum value of the mean and a direction of arrival corresponding to the maximum value. The spatial selectivity of the antenna array can be configured based on the estimated direction of arrival. Other exemplary embodiments can include communication apparatus and computer-readable media embodying one or more of the exemplary computer-implemented methods and/or procedures.
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