Satellite communication subscriber device with a smart antenna and associated method
US7633442B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H40/90
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A satellite communication subscriber device includes a smart antenna for generating antenna beams for receiving signals from at least one satellite, and a receiver. The receiver includes a quality metric module for calculating a quality metric on the signals received by each antenna beam. A beam selector is coupled to the smart antenna for selecting the antenna beams. An antenna steering algorithm module runs an antenna steering algorithm for operating the beam selector for scanning the antenna beams, receiving the calculated quality metrics from the receiver for each scanned antenna beam, and comparing the calculated quality metrics. The algorithm selects one of the scanned antenna beams based upon the comparing for continuing to receive signals from the at least one satellite.
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