US 11,689,298 B1
Methods of aligning an articulated antenna device
Michael Gregory Pettus, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); Gabriel Corbett, Austin, TX (US); and Andrew Pettus, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to Vubiq Networks, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Vubiq Networks, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,295.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/368,107, filed on Jul. 11, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04B 17/11 (2015.01); H01Q 3/08 (2006.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 17/11 (2015.01) [H01Q 3/08 (2013.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for aligning an antenna device to a peer antenna device, the method comprising:
receiving, by an antenna alignment management computing device, first geolocation data and first orientation data for the antenna device;
receiving, by the antenna alignment management computing device, second geolocation data for the peer antenna device;
determining, by the antenna alignment management computing device, a static vector for aligning the antenna device to the peer antenna device based on the first geolocation data, the first orientation data, and the second geolocation data;
providing, by the antenna alignment management computing device, a first set of instructions for adjusting the position of the antenna device based on the static vector to align the antenna device to the peer antenna device;
obtaining, by the antenna alignment management computing device, received signal strength indicator (RSSI) data and signal-to-noise (SNR) data for the antenna device based on communications with the peer antenna device;
providing, by the antenna alignment management computing device, a second set of instructions for adjusting the position of the antenna device to obtain a maximum value for the RSSI data;
providing, by the antenna alignment management computing device, a third set of instructions for adjusting the position of the antenna device to obtain a maximum value for the SNR data; and
determining, by the antenna alignment management computing device, one or more offsets from the static vector based on the adjusted position of the antenna device to obtain the maximum value for the SNR data.