Patents Assigned to SMC Networks
  • Beam-steering antenna deflector
    Patent number: 10218059
    Abstract: Radio transceivers comprising phased-array antennas and adjacent radio-reflective deflectors permit a scanning angle reachable by the phased-array antenna to be increased or multiplied to improve directed communications with peer transceivers located over a wider range (i.e., outside the scanning angle reachable by the phased-array alone). Embodiments may be used in wireless local area network (“WLAN”) access points (“APs”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SMC Networks
    Inventors: Chad E. Dewey, Harold R. Bledsoe
  • Beam-Steering Antenna Deflector
    Publication number: 20180151959
    Abstract: Radio transceivers comprising phased-array antennas and adjacent radio-reflective deflectors permit a scanning angle reachable by the phased-array antenna to be increased or multiplied to improve directed communications with peer transceivers located over a wider range (i.e., outside the scanning angle reachable by the phased-array alone). Embodiments may be used in wireless local area network (“WLAN”) access points (“APs”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: SMC Networks
    Inventors: Chad E. DEWEY, Harold R. BLEDSOE