Patent ID: 11929802
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a modem comprising an antenna port;
antennas configured to generate a directional transmission pattern connected to the antenna port, the antennas including (a) an array of omni-directional antennas and (b) multiple directional antennas;
beam control circuitry to provide control signals to the antennas to control a direction of the directional transmission pattern;
first control circuitry to provide data to the modem indicating signals to be transmitted by the antennas; and
second control circuitry to identify a direction to which to provide the directional transmission pattern and provide data indicating the direction to the first control circuitry.