Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing communications coverage using hybrid analog/digital beamforming
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Application No.: US15720851Application Date: 2017-09-29
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Publication No.: US10554276B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Jeffrey Freedman , Michael Mandell , Phil Rubin , Ted Kaplan , David Milliner , David Marshack , Erik Halvorson
- Applicant: RKF Engineering Solutions LLC
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: RKF Engineering Solutions LLC
- Current Assignee: RKF Engineering Solutions LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04B7/185 ; H04W16/28 ; H01Q3/26 ; H01Q3/28 ; H01Q3/36 ; H01Q3/02 ; H01Q21/00

Abstract:
An apparatus includes feeds to form analog beams. The feeds are divided into panels. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that divides a target area for communications coverage into regions, including a first region and a second region neighboring each other. The processing circuitry generates, for the first region, a first plurality of analog beams, forming a first cluster. The processing circuitry generates, in the first cluster from the first plurality of analog beams, a first plurality of hybrid beams arranged in a first arrangement in the first cluster. The processing circuitry generates, for the second region, a second plurality of analog beams, forming a second cluster. The processing circuitry generates, in the second cluster from the second plurality of analog beams, a second plurality of hybrid beams arranged in a second arrangement that is adjacent to the first plurality of hybrid beams in the first arrangement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180123674A1 PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS COVERAGE USING HYBRID ANALOG/DIGITAL BEAMFORMING Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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