Patent ID: 11894883
Assignee: AVISTA EDGE, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A device, comprising:
a body including a first end configured to couple to an electric meter and a second end configured to couple to an electric meter socket;
a power module disposed at least partially within the body, the power module being configured to couple to electrical wiring at a premises;
a top portion coupled to the body, the top portion including:
a first planar dual-polarized sub-array having a first beam width, the first planar dual-polarized sub-array including first orthogonally polarized element and a second orthogonally polarized element, wherein the first orthogonally polarized element and the second orthogonally polarized element have individual feed ports, and
a second planar dual-polarized sub-array having a second beam width, the second planar dual-polarized sub-array including a third orthogonally polarized element and a fourth orthogonally polarized element, wherein the third orthogonally polarized element and the fourth orthogonally polarized element have individual feed ports, wherein the first planar dual-polarized sub-array and the second planar dual-polarized sub-array are arranged to form a non-planar antenna array having a third beam width that exceeds the first beam width and the second beam width;

a wireless wide area network (WWAN) module communicatively coupled to the power module, the first planar dual-polarized sub-array, and the second planar dual-polarized sub-array; and
a broadband over powerline (BPL) interface communicatively coupled to the WWAN module and the power module.