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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Hankyu Moon, Oak Park, CA (US);
David L. Allen, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Gavin D. Holland, Oak Park, CA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving a performance of an antenna system. An influence network is generated for an array of elements in the antenna system using a reconfiguration algorithm. The influence network indicates an influence of an undesired event occurring at any element in the array of elements on a remaining portion of the array of elements given a current state of the array of elements. A relative ranking of vulnerability is created for elements in the array of elements based on the influence network. The reconfiguration algorithm is modified to take into account the relative ranking of vulnerability to form a modified reconfiguration algorithm. The antenna system using the modified reconfiguration algorithm to compensate for undesired events improves the performance of the antenna system.