Patent ID: 11870149
Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. An antenna assembly comprising:
a plurality of antenna elements disposed in a circular pattern and equidistant from each other in angular separation relative to a common reference point at a center of the circular pattern,
wherein the antenna assembly includes or is operably coupled to a phase control module configured to apply selected phase fronts to each of the antenna elements to generate constructive and destructive interference patterns to define a directive beam in a desired direction,
wherein the selected phase fronts include no phase adjustment, a positive phase adjustment value and a negative phase adjustment value, the positive and negative phase adjustment values each having a same magnitude, and
wherein the phase control module is disposed at a remote radio head provided between the antenna assembly and a beamforming control module, the beamforming control module being configured to provide instructions to the phase control module for generating the selected phase fronts.