# US 11,451,288 B2 · Control of antenna steering of a wireless device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,288 B2 - Document ID: US11451288B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/922,252 - Filed: 2020-07-07 - Published: 2022-01-13 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-07 - Assignees: Skylo Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Skylo Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Christopher Acker; Meghna Agrawal; Andrew Nuttall - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451288B2 ## CPC - H04B 7/0617: {for beam forming} - H04B 7/0404: the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity - H04B 7/088: {using beam selection} - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 48/20: Selecting an access point - H04W 84/06: Airborne or Satellite Networks (space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Apparatuses, methods, and systems for control of antenna steering of a wireless device, are disclosed. One method includes selecting beamforming direction settings of a multiple antenna array of a radio, retrieving spatial relationships between each of different beamforming directions, receiving, by the radio, a wireless signal from a base station and measuring signal metrics of the wireless signal, sensing motion of the wireless device, identifying a wireless connection direction for establishing a wireless connection with the base station based on the signal metrics, the plurality of beamforming direction settings used while receiving the wireless signal, and an orientation of the wireless device determined based on the sensed motion of the wireless device, and selecting a one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings for communicating with the base station based on the wireless connection direction, a beamforming setting that corresponds with the wireless connection. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: selecting at least one of a plurality of beamforming direction settings of a multiple antenna array of a radio of a wireless device; retrieving spatial relationships between each of different beamforming directions of the plurality of beamforming direction settings; receiving, by the radio of the wireless device, a wireless signal from a base station and measuring one or more signal metrics of the wireless signal; sensing motion of the wireless device; identifying a wireless connection direction for establishing a wireless connection with the base station based on the one or more signal metrics, the at least one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings used while receiving the wireless signal, and an orientation of the wireless device determined based on the sensed motion of the wireless device; wherein the identified wireless connection direction for establishing the wireless connection with the base station is through a first satellite, and further comprising identifying a second wireless connection for establishing a second wireless connection with a second satellite; and selecting a one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings for communicating with the base station based on the wireless connection direction, a one of the plurality of beamforming settings that corresponds with the wireless connection direction, and the sensed motion of the wireless device. ### Claim 2 A method, comprising: selecting at least one of a plurality of beamforming direction settings of a multiple antenna array of a radio of a wireless device; retrieving spatial relationships between each of different beamforming directions of the plurality of beamforming direction settings; receiving, by the radio of the wireless device, a wireless signal from a base station and measuring one or more signal metrics of the wireless signal; sensing motion of the wireless device; identifying a wireless connection direction for establishing a wireless connection with the base station based on the one or more signal metrics, the at least one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings used while receiving the wireless signal, and an orientation of the wireless device determined based on the sensed motion of the wireless device; and selecting a one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings for communicating with the base station based on the wireless connection direction, a one of the plurality of beamforming settings that corresponds with the wireless connection direction, and the sensed motion of the wireless device; wherein a timing for reselecting a one of the plurality of beamforming settings for communicating with the base station is synchronized with a sleep cycle of receive and transmit chains of the wireless device. ### Claim 3 A wireless device, comprising: a radio operative to establish a wireless connection to a base station through a satellite; a multiple antenna array of the radio operative to form beams for facilitating the wireless connection; a controller, the controller operative to: select at least one of a plurality of beamforming direction settings of the multiple antenna array of the radio of the wireless device; retrieve spatial relationships between each of different beamforming directions of the plurality of beamforming direction settings; wherein the radio further operates to receive a wireless signal from the base station and measure one or more signal metrics of the wireless signal; one or more motion sensors operative to sense motion of the wireless device; wherein the controller is further operative to: identify a wireless connection direction for establishing the wireless connection with the base station based on the one or more signal metrics, the at least one of a plurality of beamforming direction settings used while receiving the wireless signal, and an orientation of the wireless device determine based on the sensed motion of the wireless device; and select a one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings for communicating with the base station based on the wireless connection direction, a one of the plurality of beamforming settings that corresponds with the wireless connection direction, and the sensed motion of the wireless device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the radio is further configured to receive the wireless signal from the base station and measure one or more signal metrics of the wireless signal comprises the radio operating to: scan through the plurality of beamforming direction settings of the multiple antenna array of the radio; receive and measure the one or more signal metrics of the wireless signal at each of the scanned plurality of beamforming direction settings. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the controller operating to identify the wireless connection direction comprises the controller operating to: select a one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings of a multiple antenna array of the radio; and receive the wireless signal from the base station through the radio and measure the one or more signal metrics of the wireless signal while the wireless device is subjected to motion over time. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the controller further operates to generate a signal metric map or a probability map, wherein the signal metric map or the probability map is generated based on sensed motion of the wireless device and the one or more measured signal metrics. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The wireless device of claim 6, wherein the signal metric map includes relationships between directions of the wireless device and the measured signal metrics. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The wireless device of claim 7, further comprising the controller operating to associate a time with the one or more measured signal metrics. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The wireless device of claim 6, wherein the probability map includes estimated probabilities of the wireless connection direction for establishing a wireless connection to the base station in given directions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The wireless device of claim 6, further comprising the controller operating to track a duration of time over in which the one or more measured signal metrics are sensed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The wireless device of claim 10, further comprising the controller operating to generate the estimated probabilities of the probability map based on the time associated with the one or more measured signal metrics, or the tracked duration of time associated with the one or more measured signal metrics. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The wireless device of claim 6, wherein the signal map or the probability map is generated further based on the spatial relationships between each of different beamforming directions of the plurality of beamforming direction settings and the one or more measured signal metrics for the plurality of beamforming direction settings. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wireless device of claim 12, further comprising the controller operating to select the one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings for communicating with the base station based on the wireless connection direction, the one of the plurality of beamforming settings that corresponds with the wireless connection direction, and the sensed motion of the wireless device further comprises referencing the signal map or the probability map. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein a frequency for reselecting a one of the plurality of beamforming settings for communicating with the base station is based on an angular velocity of the wireless device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein a timing for reselecting a one of the plurality of beamforming settings for communicating with the base station is synchronized with a sleep cycle of receive and transmit chains of the wireless device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the received wireless signal is adjusted or filtered. ### Claim 17 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the sensed motion is adjusted or corrected based on the received wireless signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the identified wireless connection direction for establishing the wireless connection with the base station is through a first satellite, and further comprising identifying a second wireless connection for establishing a second wireless connection with a second satellite. ### Claim 19 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the controller further operates to: coordinate switching between selecting the one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings for communicating with the base station based on the wireless connection direction, and select the one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings for receiving wireless signals from the second satellite based on the second wireless connection direction, wherein the coordinated switching is based on a sleep cycle of the wireless device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 3) The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the selecting the one of the plurality of beamforming direction settings for communicating with the base station is further based on sensed magnetic fields of a magnetometer.