System and method for re-aligning antennas
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1. A system for re-aligning an antenna communicating signals point-to-point, said system comprising:
- a first antenna with at least four antenna elements positioned in different respective quadrants to receive a communications signal in each of the respective quadrants;
a second antenna configured to communicate a communications signal with said first antenna using point-to-point communications;
a position controller coupled to said first antenna including a processing unit configured to receive digital data associated with the communications signals received by each of the at least four antenna elements and determine signal strength of each respective communications signal, the position controller;
configured to re-align said first antenna with respect to said second antenna in response to determining a misalignment of said first antenna by determining an offset angle from boresight, andfurther configured to re-align said first antenna with respect to said second antenna based on the signal strength of each respective communications signal and by using difference and summation functions with the signal strengths of each respective communications signal to determine an offset distance.
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Abstract
A system for re-aligning an antenna communicating signals point-to-point. The system may include a first antenna, a second antenna configured to communicate a communications signal with the first antenna using point-to-point communications, and a position controller coupled to the first antenna and configured to re-align the first antenna with respect to the second antenna in response to determining a misalignment of the antenna.
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1. A system for re-aligning an antenna communicating signals point-to-point, said system comprising:
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a first antenna with at least four antenna elements positioned in different respective quadrants to receive a communications signal in each of the respective quadrants; a second antenna configured to communicate a communications signal with said first antenna using point-to-point communications; a position controller coupled to said first antenna including a processing unit configured to receive digital data associated with the communications signals received by each of the at least four antenna elements and determine signal strength of each respective communications signal, the position controller; configured to re-align said first antenna with respect to said second antenna in response to determining a misalignment of said first antenna by determining an offset angle from boresight, and further configured to re-align said first antenna with respect to said second antenna based on the signal strength of each respective communications signal and by using difference and summation functions with the signal strengths of each respective communications signal to determine an offset distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for re-aligning an antenna communicating signals point-to-point, said method comprising:
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receiving a communications signals at a first antenna by at least four antenna elements positioned in different respective quadrants to receive the communications signal in each of the respective quadrants, the communications signal communicated to the first antenna in a point-to-point manner from a second antenna; determining that the first antenna is misaligned; determining at least one offset angle from boresight for re-aligning the first antenna; determining signal strength received by each antenna element; and re-aligning the first antenna based on the at least one offset angle independent of a person having to perform the re-alignment at the first antenna, wherein re-aligning the first antenna is further based on the signal strength of the communications signal in each of the respective quadrants by using difference and summation functions with the signal strengths in each of the respective quadrants. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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