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38 results about "Many antennas" patented technology

Many antennas is a smart antenna technique which overcomes the performance limitation of single user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques. In cellular communication, the maximum number of considered antennas for downlink is 2 and 4 to support 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and IMT Advanced requirements, respectively. Since the available spectrum band will probably be limited while the data rate requirement will continuously increase beyond IMT-A to support the mobile multimedia services, it is highly probable that the number of transmit antennas at the base station must be increased to 8–64 or more. The installation of many antennas at single base stations introduced many challenges and required development of several high technologies: a new SDMA engine, a new beamforming algorithm and a new antenna array.

Attitude determination system using null-steered array

Apparatus and process for determining the position and heading or attitude of an antenna array are described based on radiating sources, preferably GNSS or other such satellite positioning systems. An optimum satellite is selected and the antenna array is “null steered” by combining the phase of the received signals to calculate a null or null angle that points toward the optimum satellite. The null will determine angle for elevation toward the optimum satellite and azimuth or heading. The heading is the azimuth of the (which may be actual or calculated) projection of the null vector to the satellite onto the Earth's surface. The actual location on Earth of the antenna array can be found and the antenna array azimuth with respect to the satellite can be determined. The null angle may be measured more precisely by dithering on either side to average out noise and then averaging the angle deviations to calculate the null angle. If the attitude of the antenna array with respect to the Earth's surface is desired, a null vector to a second satellite may be generated and the intersection of the two nulls will allow the attitude of the antenna array, with respect to one or both of the satellites, to be determined. The difference between the measured attitude of the antenna array with respect to the null vector and the calculated attitude of the satellite from the GNSS signals, is the attitude of the array with respect to the Earth's surface. All viewable satellites may be used, tracked, and nulls determined for each, and many antennas if in a known pattern relative to each other can be used to make the determinations more accurate and reliable.
Owner:NOVATEL INC

Method and device for selecting antenna in MIMO system

The invention discloses a method and a device for selecting an antenna in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. The method comprises the following steps of: when the processing capacity of the MIMO system is not enough to support all antennas, determining the antennas required for spatial demultiplexing, determining the number of antenna subsets by using a mathematical model of the MIMO receiving system, calculating the conditions of each antenna subset, judging the merits of the antenna subsets based on the conditions, and selecting an optimal antenna subset for spatial demultiplexing. The method realizes antenna selection by software module control, reduces the complexity of spatial demultiplexing, and can select the antenna set with superior transmission performance under the condition of many antennas in the system so as to improve the accuracy of signals at a receiving end.
Owner:ZTE CORP

Attitude determination system using null-steered array

Apparatus and process for determining the position and heading or attitude of an antenna array are described based on radiating sources, preferably GNSS or other such satellite positioning systems. An optimum satellite is selected and the antenna array is “null steered” by combining the phase of the received signals to calculate a null or null angle that points toward the optimum satellite. The null will determine angle for elevation toward the optimum satellite and azimuth or heading. The heading is the azimuth of the (which may be actual or calculated) projection of the null vector to the satellite onto the Earth's surface. The actual location on Earth of the antenna array can be found and the antenna array azimuth with respect to the satellite can be determined. The null angle may be measured more precisely by dithering on either side to average out noise and then averaging the angle deviations to calculate the null angle. If the attitude of the antenna array with respect to the Earth's surface is desired, a null vector to a second satellite may be generated and the intersection of the two nulls will allow the attitude of the antenna array, with respect to one or both of the satellites, to be determined. The difference between the measured attitude of the antenna array with respect to the null vector and the calculated attitude of the satellite from the GNSS signals, is the attitude of the array with respect to the Earth's surface. All viewable satellites may be used, tracked, and nulls determined for each, and many antennas if in a known pattern relative to each other can be used to make the determinations more accurate and reliable.
Owner:NOVATEL INC

Large-Scale MISO Collaborative Energy Efficiency Transmission Method

The invention discloses a large-scale MISO collaborative energy efficiency sending method which achieves optimization of energy efficiency in a large-scale antenna system under the constraints of a specific signal base station total power and a signal to interference plus noise power ratio. Firstly, the duality of uplink and downlink transmission is introduced into optimization of the energy efficiency, a corresponding energy efficiency optimization target function is set, a virtual uplink problem paired with downlink transmission is introduced, the virtual uplink transmission problem is solved through GP optimization, the corresponding uplink optimization result is converted into the solution of an original downlink transmission problem, and therefore the energy efficiency transmission problem of multiple users of the downlink is resolved. By considering the particularity of the large-scale antenna system, a wave beam design and power distribution method only using large-scale fading is obtained. The method is low in calculation complexity, is easy to achieve, needs a small feedback quantity under the large-scale antenna system, and the performance is close to that of an algorithm obtaining complete channel information feedback under the condition of too many antennas.
Owner:SOUTHEAST UNIV
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