# US 2014/0154976 A1 · Systems and methods for communicating between information handling systems using short-range wireless communication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0154976 A1 - Document ID: US20140154976A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/692,448 - Filed: 2012-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: Dell Products L.P. - Applicants: Dell Products L.P. - Inventors: Kevin D. Terwilliger; Orin M. Ozias; Scott C. Lauffer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154976A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04B 5/20: characterised by the transmission technique; characterised by the transmission medium - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a drawer may include an antenna, one or more structural elements, and one or more electrical components. The antenna may be configured to transmit via a short-range wireless communication technology. The one or more structural elements may be configured to permit the drawer to translate between an open position and a closed position relative to a chassis mechanically coupled to the drawer. The one or more electrical components may configured to enable the antenna for wireless communication via the short-range wireless communication technology when the drawer is in the open position and disable the antenna for wireless communication via the short-range wireless communication technology when the drawer is in the closed position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A drawer, comprising: an antenna configured to transmit via a short-range wireless communication technology; one or more structural elements configured to permit the drawer to translate between an open position and a closed position relative to a chassis mechanically coupled to the drawer; and one or more electrical components configured to enable the antenna for wireless communication via the short-range wireless communication technology when the drawer is in the open position and disable the antenna for wireless communication via the short-range wireless communication technology when the drawer is in the closed position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drawer of claim 1, the one or more electrical components configured to enable an information handling system associated with the antenna for wireless communication when the drawer is in the open position and disable the information handling system for wireless communication when the drawer is in the closed position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The drawer of claim 2, wherein, when enabled for wireless communication, the information handling system transmits information via the short-range wireless communication. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The drawer of claim 2, wherein, when enabled for wireless communication, the information handling system transmits information via a second short-range wireless communication different from the short-range wireless technology. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The drawer of claim 2, wherein, when enabled for wireless communication, the information handling system transmits information via BLUETOOTH. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The drawer of claim 1, the antenna configured to, when enabled for wireless communication, transmit a shared secret, wherein the shared secret may be used by a mobile information handling system receiving the shared secret to authenticate for wireless communication between the mobile information handling system and an information handling system associated with the antenna. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The drawer of claim 1, further comprising a visual indicator configured to generate a human-perceptible indication when the antenna is enabled for wireless communication. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The drawer of claim 1, wherein the short-range wireless communication technology comprises BLUETOOTH. ### Claim 9 A chassis, comprising: a plurality of modular information handling systems; at least one antenna drawer associated with one of the plurality of modular information handling systems, the at least one antenna drawer configured to translate between an open position and a closed position relative to the chassis, the at least one antenna drawer comprising: an antenna configured to transmit via a short-range wireless communication technology; and one or more electrical components configured to enable the antenna for wireless communication via the short-range wireless communication technology when the antenna drawer is in the open position and disable the antenna for wireless communication via the short-range wireless communication technology when the antenna drawer is in the closed position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The chassis of claim 9, the one or more electrical components configured to enable the information handling system associated with the antenna drawer for wireless communication when the antenna drawer is in the open position and disable the information handling system for wireless communication when the antenna drawer is in the closed position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The chassis of claim 10, wherein, when enabled for wireless communication, the information handling system associated with the antenna drawer transmits information via the short-range wireless communication. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The chassis of claim 10, wherein, when enabled for wireless communication, the information handling system associated with the antenna drawer transmits information via a second short-range wireless communication different from the short-range wireless technology. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The chassis of claim 10, wherein, when enabled for wireless communication, the information handling system associated with the antenna drawer transmits information via BLUETOOTH. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The chassis of claim 9, the antenna configured to, when enabled for wireless communication, transmit a shared secret, wherein the shared secret may be used by a mobile information handling system receiving the shared secret to authenticate for wireless communication between the mobile information handling system and the information handling system associated with the antenna drawer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The chassis of claim 9, the antenna drawer further comprising a visual indicator configured to generate a human-perceptible indication when the antenna is enabled for wireless communication. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The chassis of claim 9, wherein the short-range wireless communication technology comprises BLUETOOTH. ### Claim 17 A method comprising: enabling an antenna for wireless communication via a short-range communication technology responsive to translation of a drawer comprising the antenna from a closed position to an open position relative to a chassis mechanically coupled to the drawer; and transmitting a shared secret via the short-range wireless communication technology while the antenna is enabled, wherein the shared secret may be used by a mobile information handling system receiving the shared secret to authenticate for wireless communication between the mobile information handling system and an information handling system associated with the antenna. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising disabling the antenna for wireless communication responsive to translation of the drawer to the closed position. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, the short-range wireless communication technology comprising near-field communication. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising enabling an information handling system associated with the antenna for wireless communication responsive to translation of the drawer to the open position.