Patent ID: 9379439
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G01S,H01Q,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A phased-array antenna system comprising: a beamformer configured to form a plurality of spot beams; an array of antenna feed elements coupled to the beamformer and configured to produce a radiation pattern to provide the spot beams within which the array of antenna feed elements is configured to receive a signal in a frequency band, the signal carrying communication from a terminal at a known geographic location; a channelizer coupled to the beamformer and configured to divide the frequency band into a plurality of frequency subbands, and measure power levels of the signal over respective frequency subbands; and an antenna controller coupled to the channelizer and beamformer, the antenna controller being configured to: wherein the beamformer being configured to form the spot beams includes being configured to form the spot beams based on the calculated set of beam weights to thereby suppress at least some of the identifiable interference from the signal.