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AssigneeMiWire ApS
InventorsDavid Fleischer, Michael Jørgsholm
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The present disclosure relates to a directional wireless hotspot device for communication in a mobile network having a number of distributed cells, each cell covered by at least one fixed transceiver, the device comprising: a printed circuit board; a directional antenna; a compass, such as a magnetometer; a geographical positioning device, such as a GPS receiver; an electric motor, such as a substantially flat piezoelectric motor, for rotating the printed circuit board around an axis substantially perpendicular to the directional antenna; a wireless modem, such as a 3G/4G/LTE/5G modem, or a receiving element, such as a socket, arranged to receive an external wireless modem; a local communication element, such as a Wi-Fi circuit, for communication with a local device; a microprocessor configured to calculate an azimuthal rotation angle for pointing the directional antenna to one of the fixed transceivers based on: directional and positional data from the compass and geographical positioning device; positional data of the fixed transceivers; a housing.
A directional wireless hotspot device for communication in a mobile network having a number of distributed cells, each cell covered by at least one fixed transceiver, the device comprising:
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the antenna, the compass, the electric motor and the wireless modem are mounted on the printed circuit board, and wherein the electric motor comprises a first motor part rigidly connected to the printed circuit board and a second motor part rigidly connected to the housing.
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the printed circuit board and the housing are rotatable in relation to each other.
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the printed circuit board, the antenna, the compass, the geographical positioning device, the electric motor, the wireless modem, the local communication element and the microprocessor form a PCB subsystem, and wherein the first and second motor parts are rotatably connected such that the PCB subsystem is rotatable in relation to the housing.
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the directional antenna is a Vivaldi antenna, preferably made of dielectric plate metalized on both sides.
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the directional antenna is mounted on a first side, such as an upper side or a front side, of the printed circuit board.
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising a battery and/or a power supply, wherein the battery is mounted on the printed circuit board and/or wherein the battery is part of the PCB subsystem, preferably wherein the PCB subsystem comprises an assembling element configured to hold the parts of the PCB subsystem.
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the device is arranged such that rotation of the antenna more than a predefined angle, such as 360° or 540° or 720°, is prevented.
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the geographical positioning device is arranged to provide a local position of the directional antenna.
The directional wireless hotspot device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the microprocessor is configured to control the electric motor to rotate the directional antenna such that it points to one of the fixed transceivers.
A method for automatically pointing a directional antenna of a wireless communication device to a fixed transceiver in a mobile network having a plurality of distributed cells, each cell covered by at least one fixed transceiver, the method comprising the steps of:
An initialization sequence for automatically pointing a directional antenna of a wireless communication device to a fixed transceiver in a mobile network having a plurality of distributed cells, each cell covered by at least one fixed transceiver, the method comprising the steps of:
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