HYBRID ANALOG/DIGITAL BEAMFORMING
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190028166A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US15720828

    申请日:2017-09-29

    摘要: An apparatus includes a plurality of feeds that form analog beams. The plurality of feeds is divided into a plurality of panels, each panel including one or more feeds from the plurality of feeds. The apparatus also includes processing circuitry, which determines a target area for communications coverage and divides the target area into a plurality of regions. The processing circuitry generates, for each region, a plurality of analog beams. A subset of panels of the plurality of panels generates one or more analog beams of the plurality of analog beams. The plurality of analog beams covering each region forms a cluster. The processing circuitry generates, in each cluster, one or more hybrid beams. Each hybrid beam is a digital beam that is generated by combining one or more analog beams of the plurality of analog beams corresponding to the cluster.

    HYBRID ANALOG/DIGITAL BEAMFORMING
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200186220A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16740703

    申请日:2020-01-13

    摘要: An apparatus includes a plurality of feeds that form analog beams. The plurality of feeds is divided into a plurality of panels, each panel including one or more feeds from the plurality of feeds. The apparatus also includes processing circuitry, which determines a target area for communications coverage and divides the target area into a plurality of regions. The processing circuitry generates, for each region, a plurality of analog beams. A subset of panels of the plurality of panels generates one or more analog beams of the plurality of analog beams. The plurality of analog beams covering each region forms a cluster. The processing circuitry generates, in each cluster, one or more hybrid beams. Each hybrid beam is a digital beam that is generated by combining one or more analog beams of the plurality of analog beams corresponding to the cluster.

    Space printer
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11565836B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16228343

    申请日:2018-12-20

    摘要: An item to write on a surface of a celestial body that has less atmosphere than Earth is received at a communications station and from a user device. An instruction that triggers the robot to write the item on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to a robot on the surface of the celestial body. An image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is received by the communications station and from the robot. The image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to the user device.

    PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS COVERAGE USING HYBRID ANALOG/DIGITAL BEAMFORMING

    公开(公告)号:US20180123674A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15720851

    申请日:2017-09-29

    IPC分类号: H04B7/06 H04B7/185 H04W16/28

    摘要: An apparatus includes feeds to form analog beams. The feeds are divided into panels. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that divides a target area for communications coverage into regions, including a first region and a second region neighboring each other. The processing circuitry generates, for the first region, a first plurality of analog beams, forming a first cluster. The processing circuitry generates, in the first cluster from the first plurality of analog beams, a first plurality of hybrid beams arranged in a first arrangement in the first cluster. The processing circuitry generates, for the second region, a second plurality of analog beams, forming a second cluster. The processing circuitry generates, in the second cluster from the second plurality of analog beams, a second plurality of hybrid beams arranged in a second arrangement that is adjacent to the first plurality of hybrid beams in the first arrangement.