公开(公告)号：US20190312349A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-10

申请号：US16373953

申请日：2019-04-03

Applicant: AIRSPAN NETWORKS INC.

Inventor： Andrew LOGOTHETIS ,  David Charles BROKENSHIRE

IPC: H01Q3/06

Abstract: The present technique provides an antenna apparatus and a method of operating an antenna apparatus comprising a first antenna array and a second antenna array. Antenna positioning circuitry is used to move the first antenna array relative to the second antenna array about a common axis of rotation to facilitate positioning of the first and second antenna arrays in a chosen deployment configuration between a first limit and a second limit. Antenna array control circuitry is used to coordinate operation of the first antenna array and the second antenna array dependent on the chosen deployment configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20190393598A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16444192

申请日：2019-06-18

Applicant: AIRSPAN NETWORKS INC.

Inventor： Andrew LOGOTHETIS ,  Marlon Peter PERSAUD ,  David Charles BROKENSHIRE

IPC: H01Q3/08 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/12

Abstract: An antenna apparatus comprising at least one antenna array configured to produce a beam to facilitate wireless communication with at least one other antenna apparatus is described, in which the beam can be electronically steered in an associated beamforming plane by beamforming circuitry. The at least one antenna array has an associated antenna array plane, and an antenna array rotation mechanism is configured to rotate each antenna array in its associated antenna array plane to cause its beamforming plane to rotate. Methods for operating such an antenna apparatus, and for deploying an antenna apparatus in a wireless communication network, are also described.