US 10,476,562 B2 · Communication device and method

Abstract

A communication method includes grouping a plurality of antenna patterns of a communication device according to an antenna device group corresponding to different antenna combinations to form a plurality of antenna pattern groups, and selecting an antenna pattern group from the antenna pattern groups; according to a plurality of signal parameter statistics of a plurality of antenna pattern combinations corresponding to each of the selected antenna pattern group, selecting a first antenna pattern combination and a last antenna pattern combination among the plurality of antenna pattern combinations; and according to first data related to the first antenna pattern combination and second data related to the last antenna pattern combination, setting the first antenna pattern combination or the last antenna pattern combination as a transmission antenna pattern combination for data transmission.

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Dependent claims

A communication method for a communication device communicating with an antenna device group, comprising:

grouping a plurality of antenna patterns of the communication device to form a plurality of antenna pattern sets according to the antenna device group and selecting at least one antenna pattern set from the antenna pattern sets;
selecting a first antenna pattern combination and a last antenna pattern combination from a plurality of antenna pattern combinations according to a plurality of signal parameter statistics of the antenna pattern combinations, wherein the antenna pattern combinations correspond to each of the selected at least one antenna pattern set;
and
setting the first antenna pattern combination or the last antenna pattern combination to be a transmission antenna pattern combination according to a first data associated with the first antenna pattern combination and a second data associated with the last antenna pattern combination.

1 more element

A communication device, comprising:

a detector communicated with an antenna device group and detecting a plurality of signal parameters and a plurality of data corresponding to the antenna device group;
an antenna unit;
and
a processor coupled to the detector and the antenna unit, wherein the processor groups a plurality of antenna patterns of the antenna unit to form a plurality of antenna pattern sets according to the antenna device group, and selects at least one antenna pattern set from the antenna pattern sets, the processor further selects a first antenna pattern combination and a last antenna pattern combination from a plurality of antenna pattern combinations corresponding to each of the selected at least one antenna pattern set according to the signal parameters, the processor further sets the first antenna pattern combination or the last antenna pattern combination to be a transmission antenna pattern combination according to the plurality of data, and transmits the transmission antenna pattern combination to the antenna unit,
wherein the antenna unit is further configured to communicate with the antenna device group based on the transmission antenna pattern combination.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Communication device and method

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Abstract

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