Antenna system, signal processing system, and signal processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11005546-B2
Application number	US-201916584500-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2019
Priority date	Mar 27, 2017
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

An antenna system is disclosed. The system includes: N radio frequency channels, configured to send a radio frequency signal to drive one or two columns of M columns of antennas, and N<M≤2N; the M columns of antennas, configured to receive radio frequency signals, where only one column of two columns of antennas driven on a same radio frequency channel are connected to one of the M−N phase shifters, and is also connected to one of the M−N power splitters; the M−N power splitters, where any of the M−N power splitters is configured to split power for the two columns of antennas connected to the radio frequency channel; and the M−N phase shifters, where any of the M−N phase shifters is configured to adjust a phase of a radio frequency signal received by an antenna connected to the phase shifter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna system, comprising:
N radio frequency channels, M columns of antennas, MN power splitters, and MN phase shifters, wherein N is an even number, N<M≤2N, the M columns of antennas are sequentially sorted from 1 to M and form an antenna array, and two neighboring columns of antennas have neighboring sequence numbers;
any of the N radio frequency channels is configured to send a radio frequency signal to drive one or two columns of the M columns of antennas;
the M columns of antennas are configured to receive radio frequency signals from the N radio frequency channels and form a target beam, and only one column of two columns of antennas driven on a same radio frequency channel are connected to one of the M−N phase shifters, and is also connected to one of the M−N power splitters;
any of the M−N power splitters is configured to split power for the two columns of antennas connected to the radio frequency channel;
any of the M−N phase shifters is configured to adjust a phase of a radio frequency signal received by an antenna connected to the phase shifter; and
connection modes of the M columns of antennas and the M−N phase shifters comprise:
if M is an even number, in the M columns of antennas, an (M/2−N/2+1) th to an (M/2+N/2) th columns of antennas are not connected to a phase shifter, and remaining M−N columns of antennas are connected to the M−N phase shifters; and
if M is an odd number, in the M columns of antennas, N columns of antennas that have consecutive sequence numbers and that are in a second to an M th columns of antennas are not connected to a phase shifter, and remaining M−N columns of antennas are respectively connected to the M−N phase shifters, or N columns of antennas that have consecutive sequence numbers and that are in a first to an (M−1) th columns of antennas are not connected to a phase shifter, and remaining M−N columns of antennas are respectively connected to the M−N phase shifters.

2. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the phase shifter is a 1-bit phase shifter, and the 1-bit phase shifter is configured to adjust the phase of the radio frequency signal received by the antenna connected to the phase shifter to 0 degrees or 180 degrees.

3. The antenna system according to claim 2 , wherein a value of N is 4, a value of M is 8, and a connection mode of the four radio frequency channels, the eight columns of antennas, the four power splitters, and the four phase shifters is:
antennas having sequence numbers of 1 and 5, 2 and 6, 3 and 7, and 4 and 8 are respectively driven on radio frequency channels having sequence numbers of 1, 2, 3, and 4, and two columns of antennas driven on each radio frequency channel are connected by using one power splitter, wherein a first, second, seventh, and eighth columns of antennas are connected to the phase shifters.

4. The antenna system according to claim 3 , wherein an antenna spacing between four antenna groups is 0.5λ, a power split ratio of output of two of the four power splitters is 3:7, and a power split ratio of output of the other two power splitters is 1:4.

5. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is a dual-polarized antenna, and the dual-polarized antenna comprises an antenna element polarized at +45 degrees and an antenna element polarized at −45 degrees.

6. A signal processing method, comprising:
splitting power for each column of M columns of antennas based on a target beam when a N radio frequency channels send radio frequency signals to the M columns of antennas, wherein any of the N radio frequency channels is configured to send a radio frequency signal to drive one or two columns of the M columns of antennas, the M columns of antennas being configured to receive radio frequency signals from the N radio frequency channels and form the target beam, and only one column of two columns of antennas driven on a same radio frequency channel are connected to one of M−N phase shifters and is also connected to one of M−N power splitters, and any of the M−N power splitters is configured to split power for the two columns of antennas connected to the radio frequency channel; and
adjusting, based on the target beam, a phase of a radio frequency signal received by each column of the M columns of antennas, so that the M columns of antennas form the target beam, wherein any of the M−N phase shifters is configured to adjust the phase of the radio frequency signal received by an antenna connected to the phase shifter.

7. The signal processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the phase shifter is a 1-bit phase shifter, and the 1-bit phase shifter is configured to adjust the phase of the radio frequency signal received by the antenna connected to the phase shifter to 0 degrees or 180 degrees.

8. The signal processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the antenna is a dual-polarized antenna, and the dual-polarized antenna comprises an antenna element polarized at +45 degrees and an antenna element polarized at −45 degrees.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xie Qingming
• Zhao Jianping
• Geng Yang

Classifications

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04B7/0617 Primary

  for beam forming · CPC title

• H01Q21/00

  Antenna arrays or systems (arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system H01Q3/00) · CPC title

• H04B7/0802

  using antenna selection (H04B7/0868 takes precedence; antenna beam directivity switching H01Q3/24) · CPC title

• H04B7/0602

  using antenna switching (H04B7/0686 takes precedence; antenna beam directivity switching H01Q3/24) · CPC title