Tiled reflector for fixed wireless applications
OwnerTaha Shahvirdi Dizaj Yekaninventor
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to a directed reflect array with a tiled configuration for fixed wireless applications. The directed reflect array includes a substrate and a plurality of reflective tiles disposed on the substrate, wherein the plurality of reflective tiles are individually arranged to produce a directed radiation pattern that is directed toward a target reflection point based at least on a reflection phase of one or more reflective tiles in the plurality of reflective tiles. Other examples disclosed herein relate to a method of configuring a directed reflect array and a wireless network system that includes a directed reflect array.
Claims20
A directed reflect array, comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a plurality of reflective tiles of different dimensions disposed on the substrate, wherein the plurality of reflective tiles are individually arranged to produce a directed radiation pattern that is directed toward a target reflection point based at least on a reflection phase of one or more reflective tiles in the plurality of reflective tiles.
A method of configuring a directed reflect array, comprising:
- determining a target reflection point;
- calculating a first reflection phase for at least one of a plurality of reflection elements of the directed reflect array;
- determining an arrangement of the plurality of reflection elements with the calculated first reflection phase;
- positioning the plurality of reflection elements in the directed reflect array;
- determining whether a configuration of the directed reflect array with the positioned plurality of reflection elements is accurate;
- and
- calculating a second reflection phase for at least another of the plurality of reflection elements of the directed reflect array when the configuration of the directed reflect array is determined to be accurate.
A wireless network system, comprising:
- a reflect array comprising a plurality of reflective meta-structures of different dimensions, each of the plurality of reflective meta-structures having a reflection phase;
- and
- a control module configured to adjust the reflection phase of each of the plurality of reflective meta-structures,
- wherein the reflection phase of a corresponding reflective meta-structure determines a direction of a reflection pattern in response to an incident wave impinging on the reflect array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.