CPC H01Q 1/28 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/286 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H01Q 21/06 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H01Q 25/002 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. An apparatus comprising:
a horizontal antenna array configured to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves;
two vertical antenna arrays installed back-to-back in or on a tail or a fin of an aircraft, each of the two vertical antenna arrays comprising:
a receiving array configured to receive electromagnetic waves; and
a transmitting array configured to transmit electromagnetic waves; and
a controller configured to select an operating antenna array from the horizontal antenna array and one of the two vertical antenna arrays based on at least:
an elevation angle between a location of the aircraft and an orbital location of a satellite,
a skew angle between the operating antenna array and the satellite,
a waveform or a throughput consideration,
a transceiver power level, and
a power spectral density (PSD) threshold allowance.
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