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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Applicant:
James P. Mitchell, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Inventor:
James P. Mitchell, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); G01S 19/49 (2010.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); G01S 19/49 (2013.01); H04W 36/0083 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for controlling directional antennas (and systems for performing same) may include one or more operations including, but not limited to: determining a location of an aircraft using a Kalman filter; selecting at least one communication tower for air-to-ground communication; computing a vector between the location of the aircraft and at least one selected communication tower; and configuring a directional antenna of an aircraft to correspond to the vector.