ULTRA-LOW COST HIGH PERFORMANCE SATELLITE APERTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20240356205A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18668707

    申请日:2024-05-20

    申请人: Viasat, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H01Q1/28 H01Q19/17 H04B7/08

    摘要: An antenna system of a satellite may consist of an antenna receiver that is coupled to a plurality of flexible couplings. The couplings may each be affixed to one or more antenna elements. The couplings may be deployed in space in an uncontrolled manner. Additionally, the spacing between the couplings, and in turn the antenna elements, may be spaced in an uncontrolled manner. The antenna elements may have no pointing requirements. The antenna system may receive training signals and associate an antenna element to a time of arrival based on the training signal. Upon receiving a data signal, the antenna system may apply coefficients determined from the association of the antenna element to the time of arrival to the data signal to discover wanted signal coherence among the antenna elements.

    Beam management procedures for network nodes and terminal devices

    公开(公告)号:US12126421B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17916392

    申请日:2020-03-30

    IPC分类号: H04B7/10 H04B7/06 H04B7/08

    CPC分类号: H04B7/10 H04B7/0628 H04B7/088

    摘要: There is provided mechanisms for performing a beam management procedure. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining configuration information from a terminal device for which the network node provides network access. The configuration information specifies that the terminal device is in need for evaluating different polarization states in different time units during the beam management procedure. The method comprises performing the beam management procedure with the terminal device. The beam management procedure involves the network node to, per slot, transmit reference signals according to a reference signal transmission scheme. The reference signal transmission scheme depends on the obtained configuration information.

    Radio frequency aperture with cooling assembly

    公开(公告)号:US12119862B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US18513055

    申请日:2023-11-17

    摘要: An air interface plane (AIP) of a radio frequency (RF) aperture includes: a circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; and a matrix of tapered elements arranged on the first side of the circuit board and secured to the circuit board, the matrix of tapered elements cooperating to at least one of receive or transmit an over-the-air RF signal. Suitably, each tapered element of the matrix has: a central hub extending along a longitudinal axis from a hub base which is proximate to the first side of the circuit board to an apex of the tapered element which is distal from the first side of the first circuit board; and a plurality of arms extending from the central hub at the apex of the tapered element, each of the plurality of arms including a first portion that projects the arm radially away from the longitudinal axis and a second portion that projects the arm longitudinally toward the first side of the circuit board.