Patent ID: 6992615
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for dynamically verifying a multiple beam antenna which is placed on a craft comprising a device for determining the position and course of the craft, a transmitter device which via the antenna can emit pulsed signals, and a plurality of transponders placed in different directions round a measuring area within which the craft is intended to move, each transponder being adapted to receive a pulsed signal of at least one frequency, different for the different transponders, via a receiving antenna which is capable of receiving incoming signals from the entire measuring area, a common measuring station being placed in connection with the measuring area with the transponders being adapted to send, after receiving said pulsed signal, a corresponding pulsed signal to the measuring station in such a manner that it can be determined at the measuring station from which transponder each received signal comes, the craft moving within the measuring area with the position and course of the craft being determined before a measuring sequence, said measuring sequence being emitted from the craft via the antenna that is to be verified, said measuring sequence including a reference signal from the craft to the measuring station, a first pulsed signal to the first transponder, and a second pulsed signal to the second transponder with the measuring station detecting the reference signal and the subsequent pulsed signals from the transponders, said measuring procedure being repeated while the craft is moving within the measuring area, and said measuring station calculating to what degree the antenna directs signals in different directions round the craft for different frequencies.