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Adaptive beam pointing method and apparatus for a communication system

  • US 5,612,701 A
  • Filed: 09/18/1995
  • Issued: 03/18/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for a communication system to provide service to a requesting communication unit, wherein an active service beam projected by a communication antenna services one or more currently serviced communication units, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a) receiving, by the communication antenna, a service request from the requesting communication unit;

    b) ascertaining a location of the requesting communication unit in response to the service request;

    c) determining, based on the location, a ground position aim point for a center of the active service beam that would allow the active service beam to service the requesting communication unit without excluding any of the one or more currently serviced communication units;

    d) steering the center of the active service beam to substantially coincide with the ground position aim point; and

    e) when the ground position aim point will not allow the active service beam to service the requesting communication unit and the one or more currently serviced communication units simultaneously, projecting a new service beam toward the requesting communication unit.

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