Adjusting antenna transmission power
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCheng-Fang Lin, Huai-Yung Yen, Ruei-Ting Lin, Ren-Hao Chen, Lo-Chun Tung, Sheng-Yen Chan, Hsiao Chun Su
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Abstract
The transmission power at which to drive an antenna of a computing device is adjusted based on a peak transmission gain of the antenna for a current physical configuration mode in which the computing device is operating and on a maximum permitted radiation for the antenna. The antenna is driven at the adjusted transmission power when performing wireless communication using the antenna.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing program code executable by a processor of a computing device to:
- determine a current physical configuration mode in which the computing device is operating;
- determine a peak transmission gain of an antenna of the computing device for the current physical configuration mode;
- adjust a transmission power at which to drive the antenna based on the peak transmission gain for the current physical configuration mode and on a maximum permitted radiation for the antenna;
- and
- drive the antenna at the adjusted transmission power when performing wireless communication using the antenna.
A computing device comprising:
- a first enclosure having a keyboard and a pointing device;
- a second enclosure having a display device and rotatable relative to the first enclosure, wherein a current physical configuration mode in which the computing device is operating is based on a current angle of rotation of the second enclosure relative to the first enclosure;
- an antenna;
- wireless network hardware to perform wireless communication using the antenna;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing program code executable by the processor to:
- determine the current physical configuration mode in which the computing device is operating;
- determine a peak transmission gain of the antenna for the current physical configuration mode;
- adjust a transmission power at which the wireless network hardware is to drive the antenna based on the peak transmission gain for the current physical configuration mode and on a maximum permitted radiation for the antenna;
- and
- cause the wireless network hardware to drive the antenna at the adjusted transmission power when performing wireless communication using the antenna.
A method comprising:
- adjusting a transmission power at which to drive an antenna of a computing device based on a peak transmission gain of the antenna for a current physical configuration mode in which the computing device is operating and on a maximum permitted radiation for the antenna;
- and
- driving the antenna at the adjusted transmission power when performing wireless communication using the antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.