Antenna apparatus, antenna system, and antenna electrical tilting method

• US 9,653,798 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2013
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Pei, Shubao, Xie, Shoubo, Zhang, Tingting, Wang, Jisong
• Primary Examiner(s): Huang, Wen
• Application Number:
  US13/740,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20130127666A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 455 25, 455 634, 4555621, 4555757, 455 97
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/246 specially adapted for base stations
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/00 Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system means for positioning H01Q1/125
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/005 using remotely controlled antenna positioning or scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/06 over a restricted angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/34 by electrical means active lenses or reflecting arrays H01Q3/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna apparatus, a system, and an adjusting method. The antenna apparatus is configured to be used in conjunction with an RCU (remote control unit, external remote control unit). The antenna apparatus includes a readable and writable memory and a motor. The readable and writable memory is configured to store configuration data of an antenna and antenna information corresponding to the configuration data, where the configuration data is used to control the RCU to drive the motor to move, so as to adjust an electrical down-tilt angle of the antenna.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

an antenna apparatus storing configuration data and antenna information in a memory, wherein the antenna information comprises an antenna serial number of an electrical tilting antenna comprised in the antenna apparatus and an antenna model of the electrical tilting antenna, and the configuration data defines a moving length specific to at least one of the antenna serial number and the antenna model; and

the antenna apparatus providing the configuration data for the antenna apparatus to a remote control unit (RCU), wherein the moving length is used for the RCU to control movement of the electrical tilting antenna so as to set a down tilt angle of the electrical tilting antenna.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises an electronic label radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

3. An antenna system comprising:

an antenna apparatus comprising an electrical tilting antenna; and

a memory storing antenna information of an electrical tilting antenna controlled by the antenna apparatus and storing configuration data corresponding to the electrical tilting antenna, wherein the antenna information comprises an antenna serial number and an antenna model of the electrical tilting antenna, and wherein the configuration data defines a moving length specific to at least one of the antenna serial number and the antenna model;

wherein the memory comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

4. The antenna system according to claim 3, wherein the antenna apparatus transfers the antenna information and the configuration data to a remote control unit (RCU).

5. The antenna system according to claim 3, wherein the antenna information and the configuration data are read by a remote control unit (RCU) automatically.

6. The antenna system according to claim 3, wherein the antenna information and the configuration data are read by a remote control unit (RCU) without manual input.

7. The antenna system according to claim 3, wherein the antenna apparatus provides the antenna information of the electrical tilting antenna and the configuration data corresponding to the electrical tilting antenna from the memory to a remote control unit (RCU) via wireless communication.

8. The antenna system according to claim 3, further comprising a visualization window unit that delivers a query command to a remote control unit (RCU) to control the RCU to read the antenna information.