Antenna azimuth alignment monitor
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsZoya Balter, Morgan C. Kurk, Scott Lynn Michaelis
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Abstract
Apparatus for monitoring an alignment of a base station antenna at a cell site. The apparatus may include an alignment monitor configured to be attached to an antenna mounting bracket for mounting the base station antenna to a support structure. The alignment monitor may include GPS antenna pointing in a direction different than an azimuth pointing direction of the base station antenna.
Claims20
An apparatus for determining an azimuth pointing direction of an antenna structure, the apparatus comprising:
- at least two antennae attached to a bracket connecting the antenna structure to a support structure, wherein the at least two antennae receive radio frequency (RF) signals from one or more transmitters at one or more known locations;
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- an azimuth determination module communicably coupled to the at least two antennae, the azimuth determination module configured to determine, based at least in part on the received RF signals, the azimuth pointing direction of the antenna structure.
A method for determining an azimuth pointing direction of an antenna structure, the method comprising:
- receiving, by at least two antenna attached to a bracket of the antenna structure, radio frequency (RF) signals from one or more transmitters at one or more known locations;
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- determining, by an azimuth determination module, the azimuth pointing direction of the antenna structure, based at least in part on the received RF signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.