Patent ID: 8803733

Claim:
A method of optimizing an antenna system, comprising: receiving, by a computing device, one or more tilt angle values each corresponding to a tilt angle of electromagnetic waves transmitted from the antenna and incident on a radome surrounding the antenna; receiving, by the computing device, one or more incident angle values each corresponding to an angle that the electromagnetic waves transmitted from the antenna are incident upon the radome; determining, by the computing device, one or more tilt angle incident angle pairs by uniquely combining the one or more tilt angle values and the one or more incident angle values; determining, by the computing device, a set of axial ratio values that has one axial ratio value for each of the one or more tilt angle incident angle pairs based on one or more physical characteristics of the radome, wherein the set of axial ratios are for electromagnetic waves after exiting the radome; and determining, by the computing device, a desired angle to rotate the antenna based on the set of axial ratio values.