Wireless receiver operation
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsWayne Wiggins Ballantyne, Carlos Antonio Miranda-Knapp, Jeff Scott Markwell
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Abstract
A method and apparatus that monitors at least one environmental characteristic associated with a location of a wireless signal receiver (102). A determination is then made as to whether the wireless signal receiver (102) is likely to receive a wirelessly transmitted signal at its location. The determination is based at least in part upon the monitored at least one environmental characteristic that is associated with the location of the wireless signal receiver (102). The performance of the wireless signal receiver (102) is then improved based upon determining if the wireless signal receiver (102) is likely to receive a wirelessly transmitted signal.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- monitoring at least one environmental characteristic associated with a location of a wireless signal receiver;
- determining if the wireless signal receiver is likely to receive a wirelessly transmitted signal at the location, wherein the determination is based at least in part upon the monitored at least one environmental characteristic associated with the location of the wireless signal receiver;
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- improving the performance of the wireless signal receiver based upon determining if the wireless signal receiver is likely to receive a wirelessly transmitted signal.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a wireless signal receiver;
- an environmental monitor for monitoring at least one environmental characteristic associated with a location of the wireless signal receiver;
- a receive likelihood estimator, communicatively coupled to the environmental monitor, for determining if the wireless signal receiver is likely to receive a wirelessly transmitted signal at the location, wherein the determination is based at least in part upon the monitored at least one environmental characteristic associated with the location of the wireless signal receiver;
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- a receiver controller, communicatively coupled to the receive likelihood estimator and the wireless signal receiver, for commanding an operational mode change in the wireless signal receiver in response to a determination of whether the wireless signal receiver is likely to receive a wirelessly transmitted signal, wherein the operational mode change improves the performance of the wireless signal receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.