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US 6,486,832 B1Granted
Direction-agile antenna system for wireless communications
AssigneeAM Group Corporation
InventorsOleg Y. Abramov, Alexander G. Kashkarov, Alexander N. Kirdin
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Abstract
A direction-agile antenna system is implemented in a wireless network to allow wireless communication devices to establish and maintain wireless data links with each other.
Claims6
A direction-agile antenna system for communication in a wireless network, comprising:
- an antenna capable of transmitting an electromagnetic signal in a direction having an antenna gain;
- and
- a controller connected to the antenna, the controller capable of generating a direction-selection signal to steer the electromagnetic signal to a selected direction corresponding to a high gain position in response to detecting an expected signal transmitted within the network,
- wherein the antenna comprises a plurality of antenna elements capable of electronically steering the electromagnetic signal to the selected direction in response to the direction-selection signal, and
- wherein the antenna elements are arranged in a plurality of arrays disposed on different planes.
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A direction-agile antenna system for communication in a wireless network, comprising:
- an antenna capable of transmitting an electromagnetic signal in a direction having an antenna gain;
- a transceiver connected to the antenna, the transceiver capable of detecting an expected signal transmitted within the network and in response generating an antenna gain signal;
- and
- an antenna control unit connected to the transceiver, the antenna control unit capable of generating a direction-selection signal to steer the electromagnetic signal to a selected direction corresponding to a high gain position in response to the antenna gain signal,
- wherein the antenna comprises a plurality of antenna elements capable of electronically steering the electromagnetic signal to the selected direction in response to the direction-selection signal, and
- wherein the antenna elements are arranged in a plurality of arrays disposed on different planes.
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A direction-agile antenna system for communication in a wireless network, comprising:
- an antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements capable of transmitting an electromagnetic signal in a selected direction;
- a transceiver connected to the antenna, the transceiver capable of detecting an expected signal transmitted within the network and in response generating an antenna gain signal;
- and
- an antenna control unit connected to the transceiver, the antenna control unit capable of generating a direction-selection signal to steer the electromagnetic signal electronically to the selected direction in response to the antenna gain signal,
- wherein the antenna elements are arranged in a plurality of arrays disposed on different planes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.