Patent ID: 6275184
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
A system for steering an antenna, the system comprising:a first component including a first lens and operable to perform a first focusing of a plurality of signals to form a plurality of focused signals;a second component including a second lens and operable to form a first focused beam by performing a second focusing of the plurality of focused signals, the second component further including a first splitter and further operable to split the first focused beam into a first set of intermediate beams;a third component including a second splitter and operable to split a particular one of the first set of intermediate beams into a second set of intermediate beams, the third component further including a first combiner and further operable to combine a particular one of the second set of intermediate beams with at least one other intermediate beam split from a second focused beam to generate a composite beam; anda fourth component including a second combiner and operable to combine the composite beam with at least one other composite beam to generate a steered final composite beam for a particular ground-based cell.