Communication device and operating method
AssigneeNXP B.V.
InventorsJohannes Stahl, Ulrich Andreas Muehlmann
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Abstract
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, comprising: a receiver configured to receive one or more signals from an external communication device; a classifier configured to classify the external communication device using the signals received by the receiver and to output a corresponding classification result; and a processing unit configured to change one or more configuration settings of the communication device in dependence on the classification result. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a communication device is conceived. In accordance with a third aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding computer program is provided.
Claims20
A communication device, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive, by an antenna of the receiver, one or more radio frequency signals from an external communication device that does not form a part of the communication device;
- a classifier configured
- to extract one or more signal amplitude characteristics from the one or more radio frequency signals,
- to classify the external communication device based on the one or more signal amplitude characteristics of the one or more radio frequency signals received by the receiver, and
- to output a corresponding classification result that indicates a type of the external communication device as one of multiple types of communication devices;
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- a processing unit configured to change one or more configuration settings of the communication device in dependence on the classification result.
A method of operating a communication device, the communication device comprising a receiver, a classifier and a processing unit, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an antenna of the receiver, one or more radio frequency signals from an external communication device that does not form a part of the communication device;
- extracting one or more signal amplitude characteristics from the one or more radio frequency signals;
- classifying, by the classifier, the external communication device based on the one or more signal amplitude characteristics of the one or more radio frequency signals received by the receiver;
- outputting a corresponding classification result that indicates a type of the external communication device as one of multiple types of communication devices;
- and
- changing, by the processing unit, one or more configuration settings of the communication device in dependence on the classification result.
A near field communication device, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive, by an antenna of the near field communication device, a message from an external near field communication reader that does not form a part of the near field communication device;
- a classifier configured
- to extract one or more signal amplitude characteristics from the message,
- to classify the external near field communication reader based on the one or more signal amplitude characteristics of the message, and
- to output a corresponding classification result that indicates a type of the external near field communication reader as one of multiple types of near field communication readers;
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- a processing unit configured to change one or more configuration settings of the near field communication device in dependence on the classification result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.