SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ORIENTATION OF ADAPTIVE ARRAY Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: radio frequency telemetering, namely, establishment of radio frequency communication channel between flying aircraft and receiver. SUBSTANCE: system for orientation of receiving lobe of directivity pattern of adaptive array towards flying aircraft includes device computing vector of location of aircraft and generator of weight vector of antenna. Device computing vector of location of aircraft receives information on position of aircraft from aircraft tracking service and computes vector g of position of aircraft on basis of received information on position of aircraft. Generator of weight vector receives vector g of position of aircraft from device computing vector of position of aircraft and generates weight vector w of antenna elements on basis of vector g of position of aircraft. Weight vector w of antenna is fed to elements of adaptive array in order to orient receiving lobe of directivity pattern of array in direction of flying aircraft. EFFECT: increased reliability of communication channel especially under such conditions when output power of transmitting antenna aboard flying aircraft is limited. 7 cl, 3 dwg