Land-based wireless communications system having a scanned directional antenna
First Claim
1. A radio communications system comprising:
- a plurality of base stations for transmitting and receiving signals to and from one or more remote stations, said one or more remote stations being within a near line-of-sight of at least one of said plurality of base stations, each of said plurality of base stations comprising at least one receive antenna coupled to a base station receiver, said at least one receive antenna having a directional pattern in a horizontal plane and means for steering said directional pattern to sequentially scan from one azimuthal position to another azimuthal position;
means for filtering a signal received at said at least one receive antenna;
means for processing said received signal after filtering by said filtering means;
means for detecting a signal strength of said received signal; and
means for controlling said steering means, said controlling means comprising means for instructing said steering means to stop, and without further scanning, instructing said at least one receive antenna to receive said received signal at an azimuthal position where said detecting means detects said signal strength of said received signal to be is above a predetermined threshold value.
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Abstract
A radio communication system is disclosed which comprises a base station for transmitting and receiving signals to and from one or more remote stations. The base station is provided with at least one receive antenna coupled to a base station receiver. The receive antenna is provided with a directional pattern in a horizontal plane and a mechanism for steering the directional pattern azimuthly, until such time as a synchronization signal transmitted by a remote station located within the coverage area is received by the base station receiver. Upon detection of the synchronization signal, scanning of the receive antenna'"'"'s pattern is stopped until such time as message information can be obtained from the remote station and forwarded to a particular destination requested by the remote station. Upon receiving the information, the base station will resume scanning of the antenna, and the information will be forwarded to its requested destination.
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42 Claims
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1. A radio communications system comprising:
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a plurality of base stations for transmitting and receiving signals to and from one or more remote stations, said one or more remote stations being within a near line-of-sight of at least one of said plurality of base stations, each of said plurality of base stations comprising at least one receive antenna coupled to a base station receiver, said at least one receive antenna having a directional pattern in a horizontal plane and means for steering said directional pattern to sequentially scan from one azimuthal position to another azimuthal position; means for filtering a signal received at said at least one receive antenna; means for processing said received signal after filtering by said filtering means; means for detecting a signal strength of said received signal; and means for controlling said steering means, said controlling means comprising means for instructing said steering means to stop, and without further scanning, instructing said at least one receive antenna to receive said received signal at an azimuthal position where said detecting means detects said signal strength of said received signal to be is above a predetermined threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for communicating, comprising:
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operating a plurality of base stations to transmit and receive signals to and from one or more remote stations, said one or more remote stations being within a near line-of-sight of at least one of said plurality of base stations, said method comprising steering at least one receive antenna, coupled to a receiver of each of said base stations, to sequentially scan from one azimuthal position to another azimuthal position, wherein said at least one receive antenna has a directional pattern in a horizontal plane; filtering a signal received at said at least one receive antenna; processing said received signal after said filtering; monitoring a signal strength of said received signal; and controlling said steering, said controlling comprising instructing said steering to stop, and without further scanning, controlling said at least one receive antenna to receive said received signal at an azimuthal position where it is detected that said signal strength of said received signal at said azimuthal position is above a predetermined threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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