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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Inventors:
Peter B. Houser, Poway, CA (US);
Mark S. Adams, Ashburn, VA (US);
Assignee:
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cellular communication transceiver including an array which includes a plurality of aperture elements distributed over one or more surfaces, the aperture elements being configured to receive and transmit cellular communication signals, a beamformer configured to apply a time domain beamforming process to the cellular communication signals to enable directional receive and transmit beams to be formed using the aperture elements, and a telemetry subsystem operably coupling the aperture elements to the beamformer.