Technologies for predictive alignment of antenna array of a vehicle
AssigneeIntel IP Corporation
InventorsSubhas Balappanavar, Sreenivas Kasturi
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Abstract
Technologies for aligning an antenna array of a vehicle by a compute device are disclosed. A compute device may control an antenna array to connect to a base station. The compute device may determine one or more movement parameters of the vehicle, such as an indication that the vehicle is going to take a U-turn. The compute device may then control the antenna array to track the base station during the U-turn by physically rotating the antenna array.
Claims25
A compute device for alignment of an antenna array of a ground vehicle, the compute device comprising:
- an antenna controller to:
- acquire a list comprising a plurality of base stations;
- determine, for each of the plurality of base stations, an expected duration of a line of sight from the antenna array to the corresponding base station;
- select a target base station based on the expected duration of the line of sight from the antenna array to the target base station;
- control the antenna array of the vehicle to form a beam directed at the target base station;
- and
- device motion determination circuitry to:
- determine one or more movement parameters of the vehicle;
- and
- determine, based on the one or more movement parameters of the vehicle, one or more antenna alignment parameters,
- wherein the antenna controller is further to control, based on the one or more antenna alignment parameters, a physical orientation of the antenna array of the vehicle so that the beam formed by the antenna array stays directed at the target base station during movement of the vehicle.
A method for alignment of an antenna array of a vehicle by a compute device, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by the compute device, a list comprising a plurality of base stations;
- determining, by the compute device and for each of the plurality of base stations, an expected duration of a line of sight from the antenna array to the corresponding base station;
- selecting, by the compute device, a target base station based on the expected duration of the line of sight from the antenna array to the target base station;
- controlling, by the compute device, the antenna array of the vehicle to form a beam directed at the target base station;
- determining, by the compute device, one or more movement parameters of the vehicle;
- determining, by the compute device and based on the one or more movement parameters of the vehicle, one or more antenna alignment parameters;
- and
- controlling, by the compute device and based on the one or more antenna alignment parameters, a physical orientation of the antenna array of the vehicle so that the beam formed by the antenna array stays directed at the target base station during movement of the vehicle.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed, causes a compute device of a vehicle to:
- acquire a list comprising a plurality of base stations;
- determine, for each of the plurality of base stations, an expected duration of a line of sight from an antenna array of the vehicle to the corresponding base station;
- select the target base station based on the expected duration of the line of sight from the antenna array to the target base station;
- control the antenna array of the vehicle to form a beam directed at the target base station;
- determine one or more movement parameters of the vehicle;
- determine, based on the one or more movement parameters of the vehicle, one or more antenna alignment parameters;
- and
- control, based on the one or more antenna alignment parameters, a physical orientation of the antenna array of the vehicle so that the beam formed by the antenna array stays directed at the target base station during movement of the vehicle.
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