RADIO NODES HAVING BEAM STEERING ANTENNA ARRAYS

    公开(公告)号:US20230037629A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17815597

    申请日:2022-07-28

    Abstract: A radio node includes RF circuitry and an antenna array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements, the antenna array coupled to the RF circuitry. The antenna array is configured to have a discrete set of beam states in an elevation plane of the antenna array. A first subset of the discrete set of beam states is associated with the radio node being mounted in a wall mount configuration and a second subset of the discrete set of beam states is associated with radio node being mounted in a ceiling mount configuration.

    Multi-element antenna calibration technique

    公开(公告)号:US09780447B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-03

    申请号:US14372550

    申请日:2013-01-22

    CPC classification number: H01Q3/26 H01Q3/267

    Abstract: Antenna system having an antenna array with multiple sub-arrays, each having one or more antenna elements, is calibrated using a distributed calibration antenna element, such as a leaky coaxial cable, that spans across at least two and possibly all of the sub-arrays. To calibrate the transmit (TX) paths of the sub-arrays, TX calibration test signals are transmitted by the sub-arrays, captured by the distributed calibration element, and processed by a corresponding calibration radio. To calibrate the receive (RX) paths of the sub-arrays, an RX calibration test signal is generated by the calibration radio, transmitted by the distributed calibration element, captured by the sub-arrays, and processed by their corresponding radios. Cross-correlation between the calibration and captured signals is performed to derive the complex gain of each sub-array transmitter and receiver, which provides information for aligning the gain, phase, and delay of the different TX and RX paths of the antenna array.

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