Method and apparatus for directing an antenna beam based on a location of a communication device
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsPhilip G Lee, Mark Braun, Ranjeet Gupta, Mary Hor-Lao
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Abstract
A method is performed by a first communication device for directing an antenna beam based on a location of a second communication device. The method includes receiving first location data that indicates the location of the second communication device. The first location data is received over a first communication channel. The method further includes determining, based on the first location data, first antenna beam parameters for directing an antenna beam in order to communicate with the second communication device over a second communication channel.
Claims17
A method performed by a first communication device, the method comprising:
- receiving first location data that indicates the location of a second communication device, wherein the first location data is received over a first communication channel;
- determining, based on the first location data, a first set of antenna beam parameters for directing an antenna beam used to communicate with the second communication device over a second communication channel;
- determining second location data that indicates a location of the first communication device;
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- determining, based on the first and second location data, a first direction of the second communication device relative to the first communication device;
- wherein the first set of antenna beam parameters is for directing the antenna beam in the first direction.
A first communication device configured for directing an antenna beam, the first communication device comprising:
- a communication interface comprising a transceiver system operatively coupled to an antenna system, wherein the communication interface is configured to operate over a first communication channel to receive first location data that indicates the location of a second communication device and second location data that indicates a location of the first communication device, and wherein the communication interface is further configured to operate over a second communication channel having a shorter range than the first communication channel;
- a processing element operatively coupled to the communication interface and configured to determine, based on the first location data, a first direction of the second communication device relative to the first communicative device and a first set of antenna beam parameters for controlling the antenna system to direct an antenna beam in the first direction in order to communicate with the second communication device using the second communication channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.