Antenna architecture for dynamic beam-forming and beam reconfigurability with space feed

摘要

A switch (10) having a beam-forming network (12) generates independently steerable beams (26). One or more of the independently steerable beams couple in radiating communication with selected ones of M beam ports (18). A feeder array (11) or second beam-former (13) provides signals to radiating elements 19 to form multiple antenna beams for communication.