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US09035828B2 Communication system, apparatus and methods for calibrating an antenna array
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用于校准天线阵列的通信系统,装置和方法
- 专利标题: Communication system, apparatus and methods for calibrating an antenna array
- 专利标题(中): 用于校准天线阵列的通信系统,装置和方法
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申请号: US13201566申请日: 2010-02-10
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公开(公告)号: US09035828B2公开(公告)日: 2015-05-19
- 发明人: Conor O'Keeffe , Michael O'Brien
- 申请人: Conor O'Keeffe , Michael O'Brien
- 申请人地址: IE Dublin
- 专利权人: Socowave Technologies, Ltd.
- 当前专利权人: Socowave Technologies, Ltd.
- 当前专利权人地址: IE Dublin
- 代理商 Frank M. Scutch, III
- 优先权: GB0902410.0 20090213
- 国际申请: PCT/EP2010/051649 WO 20100210
- 国际公布: WO2010/092082 WO 20100819
- 主分类号: H01Q3/26
- IPC分类号: H01Q3/26 ; H04B17/00 ; H01Q1/24 ; H04B7/10
摘要:
A method for calibrating (700) an antenna array comprises a plurality of antenna elements coupled to a plurality of respective receive paths in a wireless communication system. The method comprises, in receive mode, applying a test signal to an individual single receive path (715) of the plurality of receive paths; and feeding back the test signal via a switched coupler network. The method further comprises running a receive calibration measurement routine to determine at least one measurement value used to calibrate the individual signal receive path and waiting for at least one converged measurement value; and extracting (720) the converged measurement value for at least one individual receive path. The steps of applying, running, extracting for a next individual single receive path are repeated until the calibration routine has completed (725). The method further comprises selecting a converged measurement value of at least one individual receive path from a plurality of receive paths (730) to form a reference receiver calibration result (730); normalizing a plurality of at least one measurement values of the plurality of receive paths using the reference receiver calibration result (730); and applying a normalized value to at least one of the plurality of receive paths.
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