System and method for automatically adjustable directional antenna
AssigneeNextel Communications Inc.
InventorDouglas Hyslop
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Abstract
Systems and methods for an automatically adjustable directional antenna are provided. A broadband wireless device includes an RF transparent housing. The housing includes a directional antenna and a wireless modem coupled to the directional antenna. The wireless modem incorporates a mechanical antenna adjuster which automatically adjusts the direction of the directional antenna based on signal strength and quality. Alternatively, the modem is external to the broadband wireless device and provides feedback to the mechanical antenna adjustor for automatically adjusting the directional antenna based on signal strength and quality.
Claims7
A broadband wireless device, comprising:
- a housing, the housing comprising
- a directional antenna;
- and
- a wireless modem coupled to the directional antenna, wherein the wireless modem includes a mechanical antenna adjuster which automatically adjusts the direction of the directional antenna based on signal strength and quality.
A broadband wireless device for use with an external modem, comprising:
- a housing, the housing comprising
- a directional antenna coupled to the external modem;
- and
- a mechanical adjuster coupled to the directional antenna and the external modem, wherein the external modem provides control signals to the mechanical adjuster to automatically adjust the direction of the directional antenna based on signal strength and quality.
A method of orienting a broadband wireless device, the method comprising the acts of:
- incorporating a directional antenna into an RF transparent housing of a portable broadband wireless device;
- coupling a mechanism for automatically rotating the directional antenna about 360 degrees of rotation with the directional antenna;
- adjusting the orientation of the directional antenna via the mechanism based on feedback concerning signal strength and quality provided as the directional antenna is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.