Phased Array Antenna Having Assignment Based Control and Related Techniques
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsWilliam B. Noble, Walter F. Schoonover, JR., Larisa Angelique Natalya Stephan, James Skora
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Abstract
Disclosed subject matter relates to techniques for allowing multiple transmit/receive assignments to share antenna resources in an efficient manner. The techniques may be used with, for example, transmit/receive assignments that are non-deterministic in nature. In some implementations, transmit/receive assignments each have a corresponding priority value. Transmit/receive assignments are permitted to contend for available antenna resources based, at least in part, on priority.
Claims34
A system to process transmit/receive assignments using an array antenna, comprising:
- a number of channel units that are each configured to perform a corresponding transmit/receive assignment that requires intermittent access to antenna resources, each transmit/receive assignment having an associated priority and generating a request when antenna access is needed;
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- contention logic to allocate antenna resources to requesting channel units based, at least in part, on assignment priority.
A machine implemented method comprising:
- receiving requests from multiple channel units for access to antenna resources, each of the multiple channel units implementing an associated transmit/receive assignment having a corresponding priority;
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- allocating antenna resources to one or more of the multiple channel units in response to the requests based, at least in part, on priority.
A system comprising:
- means for receiving requests from multiple channel units for access to antenna resources, each of the multiple channel units implementing an associated transmit/receive assignment having a corresponding priority;
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- means for allocating antenna resources to one or more of the multiple channel units in response to the requests based, at least in part, on priority and request time of arrival.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.