Transmitting and receiving radio signals with tunable antennas tuned based on throughput performance
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMikko S. Komulainen, Saku Lahti, Petri T. Mustonen
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Abstract
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) to perform tuning of a tunable antenna may comprise baseband circuitry and radio frequency (RF) circuitry. The baseband circuitry may determine an indication of throughput performance of a tunable antenna for the UE while the tunable antenna is in a first state. The RF circuitry may select a second state for the tunable antenna based on the indication of throughput performance for the tunable antenna. The second state may be selected to improve throughput performance of a data stream for the UE. The RF circuitry may also generate a control signal to transition the tunable antenna to the second state.
Claims21
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) to performing tuning of a tunable antenna, the apparatus comprising:
- baseband circuitry to determine an indication of throughput performance of a tunable antenna for the UE, wherein the tunable antenna is in a first state;
- and
- radio frequency (RF) circuitry coupled to the baseband circuitry, the RF circuitry to:
- select a second state for the tunable antenna based on the indication of throughput performance for the tunable antenna to improve throughput performance of a data stream for the UE;
- and
- generate a control signal to transition the tunable antenna to the second state.
An apparatus comprising:
- an antenna tuner coupled to the tunable antenna, the antenna tuner to tune the tunable antenna based on a control signal;
- and
- radio frequency (RF) circuitry coupled to the antenna tuner, the RF circuitry to:
- determine a transmission power of a user equipment (UE);
- and
- generate the control signal, wherein the RF circuitry is to generate the control signal to:
- tune the antenna to optimize transmission data in response to determining that the transmission power is above a threshold value;
- or
- tune the antenna to optimize reception data in response to determining that the transmission power is below the threshold value.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- baseband circuitry to:
- determine a first indication of throughput performance of a first tunable antenna of a user equipment (UE), wherein the tunable antenna is in a first state;
- and
- determine a second indication of throughput performance of a second tunable antenna of the UE, wherein the tunable antenna is in a second state;
- and
- radio frequency (RF) circuitry to:
- select a third state for the first tunable antenna based on the first indication of throughput performance;
- and
- select a fourth state of the second tunable antenna based on the second indication of throughput performance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.