Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for selectively targeting communication devices with an antenna array
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Application No.: US15372448Application Date: 2016-12-08
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Publication No.: US10411356B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Shikik Johnson , David M. Britz , Paul Shala Henry , Robert Bennett , Farhad Barzegar , Irwin Gerszberg , Donald J. Barnickel , Thomas M. Willis, III
- Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Robert Gingher
- Main IPC: H01Q1/24
- IPC: H01Q1/24 ; H01Q1/38 ; H01Q3/24 ; H01Q3/34 ; H01Q9/04 ; H04B7/06 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W16/28 ; H04W4/029 ; H01Q21/20 ; H01Q25/00

Abstract:
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, detecting a communication device in transit, determining a trajectory of the communication device, selecting a section from a plurality of sections of an array of dielectric antennas according to the trajectory of the communication device, where the section corresponds to a set of one more dielectric antennas from the array of dielectric antennas coupled to a set of launchers, and directing the set of launchers to launch electromagnetic waves directed to the set of one more dielectric antennas to generate a beam pattern directed to the communication device while in transit. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180166784A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY TARGETING COMMUNICATION DEVICES WITH AN ANTENNA ARRAY Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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