APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION VIA AN ANTENNA ARRAY
    1.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION VIA AN ANTENNA ARRAY 审中-公开
    装置,系统和通过天线阵列进行无线通信的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140210666A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US13869995

    申请日:2013-04-25

    IPC分类号: H01Q3/24 H01Q21/29

    CPC分类号: H01Q25/00 H01Q3/40

    摘要: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of wireless communication via an antenna array. For example, an apparatus may include an antenna array including a plurality of antenna modules arranged along a first axis, an antenna module of the antenna modules including an antenna sub-array coupled to a Radio-Frequency (RF) chain, the antenna sub-array including a plurality of antenna elements arranged along a second axis, the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis, and the RF chain is to process RF signals communicated via the plurality of antenna elements.

    摘要翻译: 一些演示实施例包括经由天线阵列的无线通信的装置,系统和/或方法。 例如,设备可以包括天线阵列,其包括沿着第一轴布置的多个天线模块,天线模块的天线模块包括耦合到射频(RF)链的天线子阵列,天线子阵列, 阵列包括沿着第二轴布置的多个天线元件,第二轴线垂直于第一轴线,并且RF链路处理经由多个天线元件传送的RF信号。

    APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STEERING AN ANTENNA ARRAY
    2.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STEERING AN ANTENNA ARRAY 有权
    装置,系统和方向转向天线阵列

    公开(公告)号:US20140203969A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-24

    申请号:US13858211

    申请日:2013-04-08

    IPC分类号: H01Q3/26 H01Q3/00

    摘要: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices systems and/or methods of steering an antenna array. For example, an apparatus may include a baseband processor including a plurality of baseband processing chains to process signals to be communicated via a plurality of antenna modules of an antenna array, wherein the baseband processing chains include a plurality of frequency domain delay modules, a frequency domain delay module of the delay modules is to apply a time delay to a signal to be communicated via an antenna module of the plurality of antenna modules.

    摘要翻译: 一些演示实施例包括操纵天线阵列的装置,装置系统和/或方法。 例如,一种装置可以包括:基带处理器,包括多个基带处理链,用于处理要通过天线阵列的多个天线模块进行通信的信号,其中基带处理链包括多个频域延迟模块,频率 延迟模块的域延迟模块是对通过多个天线模块的天线模块进行通信的信号应用时间延迟。

    MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF TRANSMIT POWER AND POWER DENSITY
    3.
    发明申请
    MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF TRANSMIT POWER AND POWER DENSITY 有权
    用于智能控制发射功率和功率密度的毫米波通信设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150085761A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-26

    申请号:US14124648

    申请日:2013-09-25

    IPC分类号: H04B7/04 H04W52/04 H04W88/08

    摘要: Embodiments of a millimeter-wave (mmW) communication device and methods for intelligent control of transmit power and power density are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a mmW base station includes a beamforming processor that is to configure a large-aperture array antenna for multi-beam transmissions at mmW frequencies to a plurality of user equipment (UE). The beamforming processor may allocate each UE a non-interfering spectral portion of a full channel bandwidth that is substantially less than the full channel bandwidth and perform multi-beam beamforming to concurrently direct a plurality of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) antenna beams to the UEs for a concurrent transmission of data streams to the UEs within their allocated spectral portion in accordance with a transmit power allocation.

    摘要翻译: 通常在此描述毫米波(mmW)通信设备的实施例和用于智能控制发射功率和功率密度的方法。 在一些实施例中,mmW基站包括波束成形处理器,其将针对多个用户设备(UE)的以mmW频率的多波束传输配置大孔径阵列天线。 波束形成处理器可以将每个UE分配为全部信道带宽的非干扰频谱部分,其基本上小于全信道带宽,并且执行多波束波束形成以同时引导多个多用户多输入多输出(MU -MIMO)天线波束到UE,用于根据发射功率分配将数据流同时传输到其分配的频谱部分内的UE。

    APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    4.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION 有权
    用于无线通信的发射功率控制的装置,系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140235287A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-21

    申请号:US13870105

    申请日:2013-04-25

    IPC分类号: H04W52/30

    摘要: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of transmit power control for wireless communication. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control a plurality of transmit powers of a plurality of directional beams formed by an antenna array to transmit a wireless communication. The controller may control the plurality of transmit powers based on at least first and second power limits, the first power limit including a power density limit corresponding to a power density of a directional beam of the plurality of directional beams, and the second power limit including a total transmit power limit corresponding to a total of the transmit powers.

    摘要翻译: 一些演示实施例包括用于无线通信的发射功率控制的装置,系统和/或方法。 例如,装置可以包括控制器,用于控制由天线阵列形成的多个定向波束的多个发射功率以发射无线通信。 控制器可以基于至少第一和第二功率限制来控制多个发射功率,第一功率限制包括与多个定向波束中的定向波束的功率密度相对应的功率密度极限,第二功率极限包括 对应于发射功率的总和的总发射功率限制。

    BEAMFORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR PHASED ANTENNA ARRAY
    5.
    发明申请
    BEAMFORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR PHASED ANTENNA ARRAY 审中-公开
    模拟天线阵列的波束形成系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140357319A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-04

    申请号:US14126516

    申请日:2012-12-21

    IPC分类号: H04B7/06 H04B7/01

    摘要: Generally, this disclosure provides systems and methods for modular antenna array beamforming with controllable antenna module delay for improved beam steering accuracy. A system may include a plurality of antenna modules, each of the antenna modules comprising an array of antenna elements coupled to an RF beamforming circuit, the RF beamforming circuit to adjust phase shifts associated with the antenna elements to generate an antenna beam associated with the antenna module; a delay circuit coupled to each of the antenna modules; and a central beamforming module coupled to each of the delay circuits, the central beamforming module to control the antenna beam associated with each of the antenna modules and further to adjust signal delays associated with the delay circuits, wherein the arrays of antenna elements of the antenna modules combine to operate as a composite antenna beamforming array.

    摘要翻译: 通常,本公开提供了用于模块化天线阵列波束成形的系统和方法,其具有可控天线模块延迟以改善波束转向精度。 系统可以包括多个天线模块,每个天线模块包括耦合到RF波束成形电路的天线元件的阵列,RF波束形成电路来调整与天线元件相关联的相移以产生与天线相关联的天线波束 模块 耦合到每个天线模块的延迟电路; 以及耦合到每个延迟电路的中央波束成形模块,所述中央波束成形模块用于控制与每个天线模块相关联的天线波束,并且还调整与延迟电路相关联的信号延迟,其中天线的天线元件阵列 模块组合起来用作复合天线波束成形阵列。

    Multi-element antenna beam forming configurations for millimeter wave systems
    6.
    发明授权
    Multi-element antenna beam forming configurations for millimeter wave systems 有权
    用于毫米波系统的多元件天线波束形成配置

    公开(公告)号:US09444140B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-13

    申请号:US13759642

    申请日:2013-02-05

    摘要: Multiple transmit antenna beam formers include/share a same set of power amplifiers and antenna elements to form multiple concurrent transmit antenna beams. Multiple receive antenna beam formers include/share a same set of antenna elements and low noise amplifiers to form multiple concurrent receive antenna beams. A transceiver includes the multiple transmit antenna beam formers and the multiple receive antenna beam formers, where the multiple transmit and receive beam formers include/share the same set of antenna elements. The transmit antenna beam formers and the receive antenna beam formers are configured to transmit, receive, and operate in the millimeter wave frequency band.

    摘要翻译: 多个发射天线波束形成器包括/共享同一组功率放大器和天线元件以形成多个并发发射天线波束。 多个接收天线波束形成器包括/共享同一组天线元件和低噪声放大器以形成多个并发接收天线波束。 收发器包括多个发射天线波束形成器和多个接收天线波束形成器,其中多个发射和接收波束形成器包括/共享同一组天线元件。 发射天线波束形成器和接收天线波束形成器被配置为在毫米波频带中发射,接收和操作。

    Millimeter-wave transceiver with coarse and fine beamforming with interference suppression and method
    7.
    发明授权
    Millimeter-wave transceiver with coarse and fine beamforming with interference suppression and method 有权
    具有干扰抑制和方法的粗略和精细波束成形的毫米波收发器

    公开(公告)号:US09160430B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-13

    申请号:US13993900

    申请日:2012-04-13

    摘要: Embodiments of millimeter-wave transceivers with coarse and fine beam steering with interference suppression are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a millimeter-wave transceiver configured for multipath reception of multicarrier signals and includes RF circuitry to receive multicarrier signals through at least two independently controllable sub-arrays from first and second directions, a channel-estimation block to generate a set of weighting coefficients for each sub-array based on channel characteristics determined from each sub-array, the weighting coefficients generated for inter-channel interference (ICI) suppression, and maximum-ratio combining (MRC) circuitry to apply a set of the weighting coefficients to baseband signals from each sub-array and to combine the weighted baseband signals from each sub-array to generate combined baseband signals that represent a single data stream.

    摘要翻译: 具有干扰抑制的粗略和精细波束转向的毫米波收发机的实施例在此通常被描述。 在一些实施例中,配置用于多载波信号的多路径接收的毫米波收发器,并且包括通过至少两个独立可控的子阵列从第一和第二方向接收多载波信号的RF电路,信道估计块以产生一组加权 基于从每个子阵列确定的信道特性的每个子阵列的系数,为信道间干扰(ICI)抑制产生的加权系数以及将一组加权系数应用于基带的最大比合并(MRC)电路 来自每个子阵列的信号并且组合来自每个子阵列的加权基带信号以产生表示单个数据流的组合基带信号。

    MULTI-ELEMENT ANTENNA BEAM FORMING CONFIGURATIONS FOR MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS
    8.
    发明申请
    MULTI-ELEMENT ANTENNA BEAM FORMING CONFIGURATIONS FOR MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS 有权
    多元天线波束形成用于微波系统的配置

    公开(公告)号:US20130314280A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-28

    申请号:US13759642

    申请日:2013-02-05

    IPC分类号: H01Q3/34

    摘要: Multiple transmit antenna beam formers include/share a same set of power amplifiers and antenna elements to form multiple concurrent transmit antenna beams. Multiple receive antenna beam formers include/share a same set of antenna elements and low noise amplifiers to form multiple concurrent receive antenna beams. A transceiver includes the multiple transmit antenna beam formers and the multiple receive antenna beam formers, where the multiple transmit and receive beam formers include/share the same set of antenna elements. The transmit antenna beam formers and the receive antenna beam formers are configured to transmit, receive, and operate in the millimeter wave frequency band.

    摘要翻译: 多个发射天线波束形成器包括/共享同一组功率放大器和天线元件以形成多个并发发射天线波束。 多个接收天线波束形成器包括/共享同一组天线元件和低噪声放大器以形成多个并发接收天线波束。 收发器包括多个发射天线波束形成器和多个接收天线波束形成器,其中多个发射和接收波束形成器包括/共享同一组天线元件。 发射天线波束形成器和接收天线波束形成器被配置为在毫米波频带中发射,接收和操作。

    MILLIMETER-WAVE TRANSCEIVER WITH COARSE AND FINE BEAMFORMING WITH INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION AND METHOD
    9.
    发明申请
    MILLIMETER-WAVE TRANSCEIVER WITH COARSE AND FINE BEAMFORMING WITH INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION AND METHOD 有权
    具有干扰抑制和方法的具有粗糙和精细波束的微波收发器

    公开(公告)号:US20130308717A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-21

    申请号:US13993900

    申请日:2012-04-13

    IPC分类号: H04B7/04

    摘要: Embodiments of millimeter-wave transceivers with coarse and fine beam steering with interference suppression are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a millimeter-wave transceiver configured for multipath reception of multicarrier signals and includes RF circuitry to receive multicarrier signals through at least two independently controllable sub-arrays from first and second directions, a channel-estimation block to generate a set of weighting coefficients for each sub-array based on channel characteristics determined from each sub-array, the weighting coefficients generated for inter-channel interference (ICI) suppression, and maximum-ratio combining (MRC) circuitry to apply a set of the weighting coefficients to baseband signals from each sub-array and to combine the weighted baseband signals from each sub-array to generate combined baseband signals that represent a single data stream.

    摘要翻译: 具有干扰抑制的粗略和精细波束转向的毫米波收发机的实施例在此通常被描述。 在一些实施例中,配置用于多载波信号的多路径接收的毫米波收发器,并且包括通过至少两个独立可控的子阵列从第一和第二方向接收多载波信号的RF电路,信道估计块以产生一组加权 基于从每个子阵列确定的信道特性的每个子阵列的系数,为信道间干扰(ICI)抑制而产生的加权系数以及将一组加权系数应用于基带的最大比合并(MRC)电路 来自每个子阵列的信号并且组合来自每个子阵列的加权基带信号以产生表示单个数据流的组合基带信号。

    MILLIMETER-WAVE HIGH-GAIN STEERABLE REFLECT ARRAY-FEEDING ARRAY ANTENNA IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
    10.
    发明申请
    MILLIMETER-WAVE HIGH-GAIN STEERABLE REFLECT ARRAY-FEEDING ARRAY ANTENNA IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS 审中-公开
    无线局域网中的高增益可变反射阵列馈送阵列天线

    公开(公告)号:US20170077600A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-16

    申请号:US15088249

    申请日:2016-04-01

    IPC分类号: H01Q3/46 H01Q3/34 H01Q21/29

    CPC分类号: H01Q3/46

    摘要: A reflect array-feeding array (RA-FA) antenna is disclosed. The RA-FA antenna comprising: a reflect array base comprising a plurality of reflecting elements with a phase shift distribution to reflect an incident beam to generate a reflected beam having a narrower beamwidth in an elevation plane and a same beamwidth in an azimuth plane, and a feeding array comprising a phased antenna array with a beam-steering ability to direct the incident beam at the reflecting elements. The reflecting elements may be configured in a pattern with rows and columns and reflecting elements along rows have a same phase shift, and reflecting elements along columns have phase shifts to narrow the incident beam to form the reflected beam narrower in the elevation plane.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种反射阵列馈电阵列(RA-FA)天线。 RA-FA天线包括:反射阵列基底,包括具有相移分布的多个反射元件,以反射入射光束,以产生在仰角平面中具有较窄波束宽度和方位平面中相同波束宽度的反射光束,以及 馈电阵列包括具有将入射光束引导到反射元件的光束转向能力的相控天线阵列。 反射元件可以被配置成具有行和列的图案,并且沿着行的反射元件具有相同的相移,并且沿着列的反射元件具有相移以使入射光束变窄,以在仰角平面中形成更窄的反射光束。