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US 10,651,533 B2Granted
Sensed situation millimeter-wave communications beam control
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Erik Hershey, Michael Joseph Dell'Anno
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system includes an antenna disposed on a pole and a beam control unit disposed on the pole and operably coupled to the antenna. The beam control unit includes one or more sensors configured to detect one or more parameters related to tilting or bending of the pole. In addition, the beam control unit is configured to determine a misalignment of an antenna boresight as compared to an initial antenna boresight direction and to re-align the antenna boresight to the initial antenna boresight direction.
Claims11
A system comprising:
- an antenna disposed on a pole;
- and
- a beam control unit disposed on the pole and operably coupled to the antenna, wherein the beam control unit comprises one or more sensors configured to detect one or more parameters related to tilting or bending of the pole;
- wherein the beam control unit is configured to:
- determine a misalignment of an antenna boresight as compared to an initial antenna boresight direction and to re-align the antenna boresight to the initial antenna boresight direction;
- and
- perform calibration of the one or more sensors upon a determination that a weather condition parameter is below a predetermined threshold for a predetermined period of time.
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