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US 8,618,982 B2Granted
Communication device and method for controlling an antenna arrangement
AssigneeAgency for Science, Technology and Research
InventorsJaya Shankar Pathmasuntharam, Syed Naveen Altaf Ahmed, Wee Tiong Tan, Meng How Lim
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Abstract
A communication device is described comprising an antenna arrangement, an orientation determining device configured to determine the orientation of the antenna arrangement, and a controller configured to control the directivity of the antenna arrangement based on the determined orientation of the antenna arrangement.
Claims22
A communication device comprising
- an antenna arrangement,
- an orientation determining device configured to determine the orientation of the antenna arrangement,
- a controller configured to control the directivity of the antenna arrangement based on the determined orientation of the antenna arrangement;
- wherein the antenna arrangement comprises a plurality of antennas and the controller is configured to activate at least one of the plurality of antennas based on the determined orientation of the antenna arrangement.
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Method for controlling an antenna arrangement of a communication device, the antenna arrangement comprising a plurality of antennas, the method comprising:
- determining the orientation of the antenna arrangement;
- controlling the directivity of the antenna arrangement based on the determined orientation of the antenna arrangement;
- and
- activating at least one of the plurality of antennas based on the determined orientation of the antenna arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.