CPC H01Q 13/106 (2013.01) [H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0006 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |
1. A portable antenna comprising:
a memory;
an antenna aperture with a plurality of electronically controlled radio frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements;
a controller having one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to
perform a self-optimization process that includes verifying tunable bandwidth of the antenna, the self-optimization process including
generating a plurality of patterns to apply to the antenna aperture during testing to cause the antenna to generate a beam in response to each pattern of the plurality of patterns while pointing at a satellite;
generating one or more satellite signal metrics based on received satellite signals; and
selecting one or more parameters associated with beamforming based on satellite signal metrics indicating antenna performance reached a predetermined level, wherein selected parameters are stored in the memory; and
accessing the stored parameters and generating a beam with the antenna aperture when performing data communication.
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