US 2019/0199005 A1 · MULTI-ANTENNA CONTROL IN WIRELESS USER DEVICES

Abstract

A battery-powered wireless communication device has internal antennas. In the wireless communication device, transceiver circuitry wirelessly receives external antenna data that indicates on/off status, reserve battery power, and geometric earth-orientation for the individual antennas in a different wireless communication device. Baseband circuitry determines internal antenna data that indicates the on/off status, reserve battery power, and geometric earth-orientation for the internal antennas. The baseband circuitry executes a user application that generates and consumes user data. The baseband circuitry selects a set of the internal antennas to serve the user application based on the internal antenna data and the external antenna data. The transceiver circuitry wirelessly exchanges the user data over the selected set of the internal antennas.

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A method of operating a battery-powered wireless communication device that has internal antennas, the method comprising:

a battery supplying power to baseband circuitry and transceiver circuitry;
the baseband circuitry executing a user application that generates and consumes user data;
the transceiver circuitry wirelessly receiving external antenna data that indicates on/off status, reserve battery power, and geometric earth-orientation for individual external antennas in an external wireless communication device;
the baseband circuitry determining internal antenna data that indicates on/off status, reserve battery power, and geometric earth-orientation for individual ones of the internal antennas;
the baseband circuitry selecting antennas based on the internal antenna data and the external antenna data and responsively transferring communication instructions to the transceiver circuitry;
and
the transceiver circuitry wirelessly transmitting the internal antenna data and wirelessly exchanging the user data over the selected internal antennas responsive to the communication instructions.

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A battery-powered wireless communication device that has internal antennas, the wireless communication device comprising:

a battery configured to supply power to baseband circuitry and transceiver circuitry;
the baseband circuitry configured to execute a user application that generates and consumes user data;
the transceiver circuitry configured to wirelessly receive external antenna data that indicates on/off status, reserve battery power, and geometric earth-orientation for individual external antennas in an external wireless communication device;
the baseband circuitry configured to determine internal antenna data that indicates on/off status, reserve battery power, and geometric earth-orientation for individual ones of the internal antennas, and to select a set of the internal antennas based on the internal antenna data and the external antenna data and responsively transfer communication instructions to the transceiver circuitry;
and
the transceiver circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit the internal antenna data and wirelessly exchange the user data over the selected set of the internal antennas responsive to the communication instructions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Multi-antenna control in wireless user devices

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Multi-antenna control in wireless user devices

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