US 12,081,309 B2
Antenna for cellular repeater systems
Abhishek Singh, San Diego, CA (US); Mehak Garg, San Diego, CA (US); Sebastian Rowson, San Diego, CA (US); Nicholas Baird, Lakeside, CA (US); Hamid Eslami, San Diego, CA (US); Jeffrey L. Hilbert, Dana Point, CA (US); and John Eric Shamblin, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Kyocera AVX Components (San Diego), Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by KYOCERA AVX Components (San Diego), Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,020.
Application 18/485,020 is a division of application No. 17/313,089, filed on May 6, 2021, granted, now 11,824,619.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/041,320, filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,054, filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039617 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/20 (2006.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 7/15507 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 21/205 (2013.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling operation of an outdoor antenna communicatively coupled to a repeater and configured to communicate with a cellular base station, the method comprising:
configuring, via one or more control devices, the outdoor antenna in each of a plurality of antenna modes, each of the plurality of antenna modes having a distinct radiation pattern;
obtaining, via the repeater, data indicative of a channel quality indicator associated with communications between the outdoor antenna and the cellular base station while the outdoor antenna is configured in each of the plurality of antenna modes;
determining, via the one or more control devices, one of the plurality of antenna modes as a selected antenna mode for the outdoor antenna based, at least in part, on the data indicative of the channel quality indicator for each of the plurality of antenna modes; and
configuring, via the one or more control devices, the outdoor antenna in the selected antenna mode.