Apparatus and methods for selectively targeting communication devices with an antenna array

US10411356B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Shikik Johnson · Tinton Falls, US
• David M. Britz · Rumson, US
• Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
• Robert Bennett · Southold, US
• Farhad Barzegar · Readington, US
• Irwin Gerszberg · Kendall Park, US
• Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US
• Thomas M. Willis, III · Tinton Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W16/28
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, detecting a communication device in transit, determining a trajectory of the communication device, selecting a section from a plurality of sections of an array of dielectric antennas according to the trajectory of the communication device, where the section corresponds to a set of one more dielectric antennas from the array of dielectric antennas coupled to a set of launchers, and directing the set of launchers to launch electromagnetic waves directed to the set of one more dielectric antennas to generate a beam pattern directed to the communication device while in transit. Other embodiments are disclosed.