Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Long Shen

Xi Chen

Guanxi Zhang

Xin Yu

Ni Ma

Wei Gu

Jianping Zhao

Tuanjie Xue

Xue Bai

Zhongming Qin

Yongyong Wang

Xianglong Liu

Mingcui Tao

Yaqi Wu

A first circuit includes at least one bridge, where input ends of the at least one bridge are coupled to digital channels in N analog networks, to perform digital weighting and analog on a received electrical signal; a second circuit includes at least one bridge, where output ends of the at least one bridge are coupled to M antennas, to perform digital weighting and analog on a received electrical signal; and a connection circuit includes at least one power splitter.

Beamforming network architecture of N-drive-M network

This application provides a multi-band shared-aperture antenna. The multi-band shared-aperture antenna includes a first antenna array, a second antenna array, and a reflection panel, where the first antenna array includes four first dielectric plates perpendicular, two adjacent first dielectric plates are perpendicular to each other, the first antenna array includes four hollowed butterfly dipole units, the dipole unit includes two radiation arms, the two radiation arms are respectively printed on two adjacent first dielectric plates, the radiation arm includes a first part and a second part, a first feeding stub is disposed on the first dielectric plate, the second part has a specified width in a direction perpendicular to the reflection panel, the second antenna array includes a plurality of second dielectric plates, four ring-shaped coils are disposed on any one of the second dielectric plates, and the ring-shaped coil is connected to a second feeding stub.

Multi-band shared-aperture antenna and communication device

This application provides a downlink transmitting system and a switching method. An example downlink transmitting system includes at least one digital intermediate frequency module group, at least one Tx port group, a plurality of power amplifiers (PAs), at least one switching switch, and an antenna array. The plurality of PAs are connected to the antenna array. The plurality of PAs are connected to all Tx ports included in the downlink transmitting system in a one-to-one correspondence. The at least one digital intermediate frequency module group is in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least one Tx port group. Each of the at least one Tx port group is connected to each digital intermediate frequency module in a corresponding digital intermediate frequency module group through one of the at least one switching switch. The each of the at least one Tx port group includes a plurality of Tx ports.

Downlink transmitting system and switching method

A beamforming method and apparatus are provided. A beamforming apparatus according to one embodiment comprises a beamforming module comprising a beam port configured to provide electrical signals; an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna ports; and a feeding network disposed between and coupling the beam port and the antenna ports. The feeding network is configured to shunt the electrical signals provided by the beam port to the plurality of antenna ports, the electrical signals received at the antenna ports being used to control shapes of beams formed by the antenna array. An amplitude of an electrical signal shunted to an antenna port and an operating frequency of the antenna array meet a first correspondence. A phase difference between electrical signals shunted to two different antenna ports and the operating frequency meet a second correspondence.

Beamforming method and apparatus

This application provides a radiating element, an antenna array, and a network device, to avoid mutual shielding between dipoles during multi-band transmission, and therefore improve radiation performance. The radiating element includes one or more dipoles and a supporter. The one or more dipoles are suspended on the top of the supporter, and each of the one or more dipoles is connected to the supporter at a specific angle. A dipole arm of each dipole is covered with a periodic structure. The periodic structure is configured to enable an electromagnetic wave radiated to a first surface of each dipole to be incident to a second surface of each dipole, where the first surface and the second surface are any two opposite surfaces of each dipole.

Radiating element, antenna array, and network device

An antenna system, a feeding network reconfiguration method, and an apparatus is disclosed. The antenna system may include an antenna array, a reconfigurable network unit, a control unit, and K radio frequency channels. The antenna array may include L antenna subarrays, and the reconfigurable network unit may divide the L antenna subarrays into M antenna subarray groups, and separately connect the M antenna subarray groups to the K radio frequency channels; any one of the K radio frequency channels may perform signal processing on a signal received by a connected antenna subarray group and/or a to-be-transmitted signal; and the control unit may control the reconfigurable network unit to adjust a mapping relationship between an antenna subarray group connected to each radio frequency channel and the antenna subarrays.

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Shanghai, China

Long Shen