Phased array antenna having assignment based control and related techniques

摘要

Disclosed subject matter relates to techniques for allowing multiple transmit/receive assignments to share antenna resources in an efficient manner. The techniques may be used with, for example, transmit/receive assignments that are non-deterministic in nature. In some implementations, transmit/receive assignments each have a corresponding priority value. Transmit/receive assignments are permitted to contend for available antenna resources based, at least in part, on priority.

主权项

1. A system to process transmit/receive assignments using an array antenna, comprising:
a plurality of channel units that are each configured to perform a corresponding transmit/receive assignment that requires intermittent access to antenna resources, each transmit/receive assignment having an associated priority and generating a request when antenna access is needed; contention logic to allocate antenna resources to requesting channel units based, at least in part, on assignment priority; at least one memory to store information mapping transmit/receive assignments to corresponding beam parameter data for use in configuring an allocated antenna resource; and an antenna configuration manager to configure an allocated antenna resource or use with a channel unit in response to an allocation decision of the contention logic, wherein the antenna configuration manager uses information retrieved from the at least one memory to configure the allocated antenna resource.