A radio-wave arrival-direction estimation device includes: a processor configured to: determine a plurality of amplitude distributions to be used for signal receptions by respective antennas in a plurality of antenna elements that constitute a plurality of antennas; switch among the amplitude distributions determined for each of the signal receptions; and estimate a radio-wave arrival direction of a reception signal based on a correlation coefficient of the reception signal between different antennas and the amplitude distributions switched.

An antenna apparatus operates as a base station in a wireless network, with a method configuring a transmission beam within such antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus has a rotatable antenna assembly employing selected transmission beam patterns, and a controller to rotate the antenna assembly altering its azimuth direction. During configuration mode, a sweep operation rotates the antenna assembly to selected azimuth directions. Quality metric determination circuitry determines, for each selected azimuth direction, a link quality metric for wireless terminals based on communication between the wireless terminals and the base station whilst the rotatable antenna assembly is at that selected azimuth direction. Transmission beam determination circuitry determines, from the link quality metrics determined for the wireless terminals at each selected azimuth direction, both a transmission beam pattern and an azimuth direction for subsequent communication with the wireless terminals. The antenna apparatus efficiently self-configures its transmission beam pattern and azimuth direction.

An antenna apparatus operates as a base station in a wireless network, with a method configuring a transmission beam within such antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus has a rotatable antenna assembly employing selected transmission beam patterns, and a controller to rotate the antenna assembly altering its azimuth direction. During configuration mode, a sweep operation rotates the antenna assembly to selected azimuth directions. Quality metric determination circuitry determines, for each selected azimuth direction, a link quality metric for wireless terminals based on communication between the wireless terminals and the base station whilst the rotatable antenna assembly is at that selected azimuth direction. Transmission beam determination circuitry determines, from the link quality metrics determined for the wireless terminals at each selected azimuth direction, both a transmission beam pattern and an azimuth direction for subsequent communication with the wireless terminals. The antenna apparatus efficiently self-configures its transmission beam pattern and azimuth direction.

Method, device, computer program product, and apparatus to detect an angle of arrival for a wireless signal are described. The wireless signal may be received at a non-linear antenna array and a plurality of candidate angles of arrival for the received signal may be determined. The resulting angle of arrival for the received wireless signal may be determined according to a weighted average of the plurality of candidate angles.

In an array antenna having a plurality of subarrays, a direction finding system and technique includes receiving signals at an array antenna and capturing data with a plurality of groups of subarrays. Each group of subarrays may capture data during a selected one of a plurality of different dwell times. The method further includes generating a plurality of dwell spatial sample covariance matrices (SCMs) using data corresponding to one or more of the plurality of groups of subarrays and combining the plurality of dwell spatial SCMs in complex form to generate an aggregate covariance matrix (ACM). The ACM may then be used in subsequent processing with MINDIST technique to estimate a direction of a received signal based on the combined data.

At an antenna array of a first communication device, a wireless signal transmitted by a second communication device is received. The first communication device calculates a plurality of oversampled matched filter values corresponding to the wireless signal, which correspond to i) different values of a signal delay corresponding to the wireless signal, and ii) different values of a phase corresponding to the wireless signal. The first communication device determines a local maximum of the plurality of oversampled matched filter values across different values of the signal delay and different values of the phase, where the local maximum corresponds to a component of the wireless signal that is first to arrive at the antenna array. The first communication device calculates an angle of arrival of the wireless signal at the antenna array using a value of the phase corresponding to the local maximum of the plurality of matched filter values.

The present application is related to a method for detection of a signal, the method comprising the steps of performing continuously a direction finding in time-frequency intervals within a time range and a frequency range, determining for each frequency interval a distribution of the direction finding results, DFRs, for all time intervals and evaluating the determined distribution of direction finding results, DFRs, to detect the existence of a signal emitted by a signal source.

The invention relates to a method for determining by a direction finder (DF) the direction to a Target, which comprises (a) providing an antenna at said DF, and an array of antennas at the Target; (b) providing a compass at each of said DF and said Target, for determining the azimuth of the DF Heading and of the Target Heading, respectively, with respect to the North; (c) providing at said DF a look-up table which describes n antenna patterns, one per Transmission Mode that may be used respectively at the Target; (d) sequentially performing x Transmission Modes from the Target, each time using another pair of antennas, and during each of said Transmission Modes intentionally, and in a controlled manner attenuating a reception signal at the DF until a loss of communication, and recording the respective attenuation levels; (e) based on said x recorded attenuations levels and said look up table, determining by the DF the direction from the Target to the DF; and (f) receiving at the DF the azimuth of the Target, and based on (i) said determined direction from the Target to the DF (ii) azimuth of the Target; and (iii) azimuth of the DF; calculating by the DF the direction from the DF to the Target.

Disclosed is a GPS arrival angle selecting system. The system includes: a arrival angle estimating unit connected to a receiving antenna of a GPS receiver including at least one antenna array element and configured to decide a first arrival angle of a signal received prior to despreading and a second arrival angle of a signal received after despreading; and an arrival angle selecting unit configured to select a different peak value by comparing the first arrival angle and the second arrival angle. Also disclosed is a GPS arrival angle selecting method.

Disclosed is a GPS arrival angle selecting system. The system includes: a arrival angle estimating unit connected to a receiving antenna of a GPS receiver including at least one antenna array element and configured to decide a first arrival angle of a signal received prior to despreading and a second arrival angle of a signal received after despreading; and an arrival angle selecting unit configured to select a different peak value by comparing the first arrival angle and the second arrival angle. Also disclosed is a GPS arrival angle selecting method.