Wireless communication, maintaining wireless throughput, and detection and management of human body proximity to transmitting antennas

A computing device comprising:

• a first antenna;
• a second antenna;
• a memory, configured to store a first signal parameter corresponding to the first antenna and a second signal parameter corresponding to the second antenna;
• a first proximity sensor, configured to detect a proximity of a human body part near the first antenna and to generate proximity sensor data representing the detected proximity of the human body part;
• a second proximity sensor, configured to detect the proximity of the human body part near the second antenna and to generate second proximity sensor data representing the detected proximity of the human body part;
• and
• a processor, wherein if the proximity sensor data is outside of a range, the processor is configured to determine a third signal parameter corresponding to the first antenna, and if the second signal parameter is greater than the third signal parameter, the processor is configured to control a baseband modem to send a wireless signal over the second antenna,
• wherein the first proximity sensor has a first probability of false positive results;
• wherein the second proximity sensor has second probability of false positive results;
• and wherein a combined probability of a false positive result of both the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor is lower than either the first probability or the second probability.

A computing device, comprising:

• an interface to a radiofrequency circuit;
• a first proximity sensor configured to detect a first proximity of a body part to the radiofrequency circuit;
• a second proximity sensor configured to detect a second proximity of a body part to the radiofrequency circuit;
• wherein the first proximity sensor has a first probability of false positive results;
• wherein the second proximity sensor has second probability of false positive results;
• and wherein a combined probability of a false positive result of both the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor is lower than either the first probability or the second probability;
• and
• a processor coupled to the interface and configured to:
• determine from data received from the interface a first indicator;
• if the first indicator satisfies a first condition, control a circuit to generate a user alert to change an orientation of the computing device based on the combined probability.

A computing device comprising:

• a first antenna;
• a second antenna;
• a memory, configured to store a first signal parameter corresponding to the first antenna and a second signal parameter corresponding to the second antenna;
• a first proximity sensor, configured to detect a proximity of a human body part near the first antenna and to generate proximity sensor data representing the proximity of the human body part;
• and
• a processor, wherein if the proximity sensor data is outside of a range, the processor is configured to determine a third signal parameter corresponding to the first antenna, and if the second signal parameter is greater than the third signal parameter, the processor is configured to transmit a wireless signal over the second antenna,
• wherein if the proximity sensor data is outside of the range, and if the third signal parameter is less than the second signal parameter, the processor is configured to transmit the wireless signal over the second antenna before performing a network scan for a radio access technology corresponding to the second antenna or before performing an additional quality of service calculation for the second antenna.