Hughes Electronics Corporation

The Directv Group, Inc.

Mark T Austin

Harold A Rosen

Parthasarathy Ramanujam

William D Beightol

Cameron G Massey

Michael Nolan

Miguel A Estevez

Clifford R Harper

John J Sennikoff

Terry R Denardo

Peter D Anderson

Martin M Skredsvig

A communication system and method for reconfigurably transmitting and receiving signals via a multi-beam reflector antenna array are disclosed. The multi-beam antenna system comprises a plurality of rings of single beam reflectors, each reflector having its own feed, wherein the plurality of rings are substantially concentric or nested and disposed on separate planes such that the reflectors of adjacent rings are substantially interleaved. The method, in one embodiment, comprises generating beams from a first, second and third ring of single beam feeds, respectively reflecting each beam from the first, second and third ring of single beam feeds on a separate reflector to a substantially separate coverage area, wherein the first, second and third rings are substantially concentric and disposed on separate planes such that the reflectors of adjacent rings are substantially interleaved.

Multi-beam antenna communication system and method

An antenna having dual reflectors connected by a moving mechanism for moving the reflectors between stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position the reflectors overlap and are positioned close to each other. In the deployed position the reflectors are spaced apart.

Antenna having movable reflectors

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Mira Loma, CA, United States of America

Mark T Austin