Communications-tower antenna mount

摘要

An antenna mount for mounting radio antennas on a communications tower is described. The antenna mount includes a ring structure that encircles the tower and includes a channel disposed about its outer perimeter. The channel is configured to receive a plurality of antenna carriages upon which antennas are mounted on a first end. A second end of the antenna carriage is disposed in the channel and is slideably movable along the length of the channel about the perimeter of the ring structure. The antenna is thus aimable in any desired azimuthal direction by moving the antenna along the ring structure. Bands for communication of data, power, control signaling, and propulsion of the antenna carriages about the ring structure are disposed in the channel. The ring structure may include a junction that allows reorientation of antennas with respect to one another.

主权项

1. An antenna mount on a communications tower comprising:
a tower; a ring structure that encircles the tower; a plurality of spokes that extend radially outward from the tower and couple to the ring structure and that support the ring structure; a channel disposed about the circumference of the ring structure and extending from an outer surface of the ring structure into a body of the ring structure; an antenna carriage having an enlarged first end that is disposed within the channel, the antenna carriage extending from the first end out of the channel and being coupled to an antenna at a second end, the antenna being orientable in a desired azimuthal direction by moving the carriage along the channel about the circumference of the ring structure.