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Patent No.:

US 9924385 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2016

Antenna apparatus and method of configuring a transmission beam for the antenna apparatus

Applicant:

Airspan Networks Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);

Inventors:

Martin Lysejko, Bagshot, GB;

Krzysztof Dudzinski, Langley, GB;

Michele Frances Bozier, Amersham, GB;

Assignee:

AIRSPAN NETWORKS INC., Boca Raton, FL (US);

Attorney:

Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Xin Jia

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); F16M 11/06 (2006.01); G01S 3/04 (2006.01); G01S 3/14 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 19/24 (2010.01); G01S 19/53 (2010.01); H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H01Q 3/02 (2006.01); H01Q 3/04 (2006.01); H01Q 3/10 (2006.01); H01Q 3/12 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/08 (2006.01); H01Q 21/20 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H01Q 25/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 48/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 84/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); F16M 11/06 (2013.01); G01S 3/043 (2013.01); G01S 3/14 (2013.01); G01S 5/0247 (2013.01); G01S 19/24 (2013.01); G01S 19/53 (2013.01); H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1207 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1228 (2013.01); H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 1/36 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); H01Q 3/02 (2013.01); H01Q 3/04 (2013.01); H01Q 3/10 (2013.01); H01Q 3/12 (2013.01); H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H01Q 21/00 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01Q 21/08 (2013.01); H01Q 21/205 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H01Q 25/002 (2013.01); H01Q 25/005 (2013.01); H04B 7/0456 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0621 (2013.01); H04B 7/0691 (2013.01); H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 7/086 (2013.01); H04B 7/088 (2013.01); H04B 7/0874 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 43/0829 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 4/001 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 28/0236 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 28/0284 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 48/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H05K 7/20 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1257 (2013.01); H01Q 3/26 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2611 (2013.01); H04B 7/0817 (2013.01); H04W 84/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An antenna apparatus operates as a base station in a wireless network, with a method configuring a transmission beam within such antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus has a rotatable antenna assembly employing selected transmission beam patterns, and a controller to rotate the antenna assembly altering its azimuth direction. During configuration mode, a sweep operation rotates the antenna assembly to selected azimuth directions. Quality metric determination circuitry determines, for each selected azimuth direction, a link quality metric for wireless terminals based on communication between the wireless terminals and the base station whilst the rotatable antenna assembly is at that selected azimuth direction. Transmission beam determination circuitry determines, from the link quality metrics determined for the wireless terminals at each selected azimuth direction, both a transmission beam pattern and an azimuth direction for subsequent communication with the wireless terminals. The antenna apparatus efficiently self-configures its transmission beam pattern and azimuth direction.

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