Patent ID: 9722322
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01Q,H04B

Claim:
1. An antenna device comprising: a first antenna assembly comprising a plurality of printed directional antenna elements configured to receive first radiofrequency signals polarized according to a first polarization; a second antenna assembly comprising a plurality of printed omnidirectional metamaterial-based antenna elements configured to receive second radiofrequency signals polarized according to a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization; and a radiofrequency signal handling assembly coupled with the first and second antenna assemblies, and configured to wherein the radiofrequency signal handling assembly comprises: a first switching network coupled with the first antenna assembly, and configured to select a subset of the first radiofrequency signals received by the printed directional antenna elements; a second switching network coupled with the second antenna assembly, and configured to select a subset of the second radio frequency signals received by the printed omnidirectional metamaterial-based antenna elements; at least one combining network coupled with at least one of the first and second switching networks to receive, as incoming signals, the radiofrequency signals selected by the at least one of the first and second switching networks, and configured to weight the incoming signals and to combine the weighted incoming signals into the single output radiofrequency signal or into at least one of the first and second output radio frequency signals; and a controller coupled with at least one of the first and second switching networks and the at least one combining network configured to control selection performed by the at least one of the first and second switching networks and weighting performed by the at least one combining network on the basis of at least one radio performance indicator based on at least one previously provided single output radiofrequency signal or based on at least one previously provided first output radio frequency signal and at least one previously provided second output radio frequency signal.