Modular Antenna Bays With Pluggable Signal Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current antenna systems are inflexible and cannot adapt to diverse communication scenarios due to fixed frequency bands, making them inadequate for complex and evolving communication requirements.
Innovation Solution
An antenna apparatus with an integrated signal processing module that includes components like filters and feeding networks, allowing for modular replacement and splicing of antenna bays to accommodate different signal processing modules, enhancing adaptability and flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If antenna frequency band is fixed at factory delivery, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna system is divided into independent antenna bays that can be separately spliced and configured. Each antenna bay can be independently connected to the radio frequency unit through the signal processing module, allowing flexible combination to meet different communication scenario requirements while maintaining manufacturing precision for each individual component.
Solution Approach 2:
The antenna system transitions from a fixed configuration to a dynamic reconfigurable system. The splicing capability of antenna bays and the pluggable signal processing module enable the system to adapt its frequency band and configuration dynamically according to different communication scenarios, resolving the contradiction between fixed manufacturing and flexible adaptation.
2Device complexity
If antenna components are integrated, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The signal processing module is designed as a universal pluggable component that can interface with different antenna bays and support multiple frequency bands. This universal design reduces device complexity by using a common module while maintaining adaptability through its ability to work with various antenna configurations for different communication scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The system separates the signal processing function into an independent pluggable module from the antenna bays. This segmentation allows the signal processing module to be integrated with necessary components (filter, duplexer, feeding network) to reduce overall complexity, while the modular architecture maintains adaptability by allowing different antenna bays to be spliced and connected as needed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If antenna bays are spliced to form different configurations, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna system is segmented into standardized antenna bays with uniform splicing interfaces. This segmentation enables flexible configuration by splicing identical or different antenna bays together, improving adaptability while controlling complexity through standardization of the splicing mechanism and interface design.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple antenna bays are merged through splicing to form composite antenna structures that can meet different communication requirements. The splicing operation combines individual antenna bays into a unified radiating structure, achieving configuration flexibility while managing complexity through modular assembly rather than designing entirely different antenna structures for each scenario.
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AI summary
This application provides an antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus includes a signal processing module and an antenna. The signal processing module is at least configured to perform feeding for a signal received or to be sent by the antenna. The antenna is configured to send or receive the signal. The signal processing module uses a pluggable manner, and is separately connected to the antenna and a radio frequency unit in a pluggable manner. In addition, the signal processing module includes at least a feeding network. By using the antenna apparatus provided in this application, signal processing components are integrated into a pluggable module. In this way, the antenna apparatus can use different signal processing modules flexibly as required by an actual scenario.