Conditional switching among antenna arrays

A system comprising:

• a scanning antenna array;
• a targeting antenna array;
• a radio frequency front-end (RFFE) board coupled to the scanning antenna array and the targeting antennas array, the RFFE board comprising:
• an 8-channel or a 16-channel RF multiplexer configured for channel selection between the scanning antenna array and the targeting antenna array;
• a 4-channel software-defined radio (SDR) configured for processing digital signals received from the RF multiplexer;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:
• receiving, from the scanning antenna array, a plurality of signals;
• identifying, via the SDR, a target signal from the plurality of signals;
• based on identifying the target signal, switching, by the RF multiplexer, to the targeting antenna array to provide increased directional tracking capabilities on the target signal than the scanning antenna array;
• tracking, via the SDR, the target signal with the targeting antenna array until a first switching condition is detected;
• upon detecting the first switching condition, switching, by the RF multiplexer, to the scanning antenna array;
• identifying, via the SDR, the target signal until a second switching condition is detected;
• upon detecting the second switching condition, switching, by the RF multiplexer, to the targeting antenna array;
• and
• tracking, via the SDR, the target signal with the targeting antenna array until one of the following:
• a second switching condition is detected or an objective is completed.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

• receiving, from a first set of antennas, a plurality of signals;
• identifying, from the plurality of signals, a target signal comprising a set of characteristics;
• based on identifying the target signal comprising the set of characteristics, switching to a second set of antennas that provide increased directional tracking capabilities on the target signal than the first set of antennas;
• tracking the target signal with the second set of antennas until a first switching condition is detected;
• upon detecting the first switching condition, switching to the first set of antennas;
• identifying the target signal with the first set of antennas until a second switching condition is detected;
• upon detecting the second switching condition, switching to the second set of antennas;
• and
• tracking the target signal with the second set of antennas until one of the following:
• a third switching condition is detected or an objective is completed.