Method and system for providing an active routing antenna

• US 20060035676A1
• Filed: 07/13/2005
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tadaaki Chigusa
• Original Assignee: Skipper Wireless Inc.
• Inventors: Sayers, Ian, Long, Jan
• Granted Patent: US 7,221,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/562.100
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/246 specially adapted for base stations
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/205 providing an omnidirectional coverage turnstile aerials H01Q21/26
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/242 Circumferential scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0686 Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0868 Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and combining
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/06 based on characteristics of available antennas
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

An array antenna is disclosed. In one embodiment, the array antenna facilitates transmission of data with amongst fixed radio units. The array antenna includes a number of antenna panels arranged in an hexagonal shape, one or more array control elements controlling the antenna panels, and one antenna routing element controlling the one or more array control elements.

Claims

1. An array antenna comprising:

a plurality of antenna panels each configured to transmit and receive signals;

one or more array control elements, each array control element configured to couple to at least one antenna panel or to couple via a switch to any one of the plurality of antenna panels and further configured to process the transmitted and received signals; and

an antenna routing element configured to communicate with the one or more array control elements, wherein the antenna routing element is further configured to route packets generated based on the received signals and to forward packets that are destined for transmission.

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