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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2022
Applicant:

Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

David J Hancharik, Norcross, GA (US);

Parker A Robinson, Ocala, FL (US);

Peter S. Wyckoff, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04B 7/024 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0684 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for communications may include an antenna array, where an inter-element spacing of antennas of the antenna array may be different across the antenna array; antenna managers that are coupled with respective antennas and configured to transmit and receive ranging signals used to measure parameters representative of distances between a respective antenna and the other antennas; a calibration unit that determines positions of the antennas based on the measured parameters and positions of reference antennas; and a communications manager that communicates with a terminal according to beam coefficients determined for the antenna array based on the determined positions of the antennas.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hancharik, David. (2025). Sparse antenna array calibration (U.S. Patent No. 12199704). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12199704

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