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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh, Taufkirchen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH, Taufkirchen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H01Q 1/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/286 (2013.01); H01Q 21/00 (2013.01); H04B 7/0689 (2013.01); H04B 7/0871 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04B 7/18508 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flying machine or other vehicle includes at least two antenna units and a central control unit. In a first mode of operation, the two antenna units send and/or receive signals independent of each other in different, non-overlapping frequency bands. The central control unit is adapted to control the two antenna units in a second mode of operation such that the two antennas transmit and/or receive a common signal in a common frequency band using a Multiple Input Multiple Output transmission technique.