Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Alignment means for directive antennas
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Application No.: US16971732Application Date: 2018-03-15
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Publication No.: US11063647B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Per Ligander , Martin Johansson , Jan Sandberg , Daniel Sjöberg
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Coats & Bennett, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/056501 WO 20180315
- International Announcement: WO2019/174731 WO 20190919
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04B17/27 ; H04B17/318 ; H01Q1/12

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a device (140) adapted for aligning a first directive antenna (101) in an alignment direction D1 towards a second antenna (102). The device is adapted to acquire measurement data regarding: ⋅—a first signal power (301) received from the second antenna (102) using a first effective antenna aperture (202) when the first directive antenna (101) is moved along an angular span (306) passing a desired alignment angle (307) along a certain direction (111, 112); and ⋅—a second signal power (302) received from the second antenna (102) using a second effective antenna aperture (203) when the first directive antenna (101) is moved along an angular span (306) passing a desired alignment angle (307) along a certain direction, the second effective antenna aperture (203) being smaller than the first effective antenna aperture (202). The device (140) is furthermore adapted to determine the alignment direction D1 as an angle (307) in the angular span (306), at which angle (307) a local maximum value (304) for both the first signal power (301) and the second signal power (302) coincide.
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