Systems and methods for transmit antenna switching
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsVasanth Kumar Ramkumar, Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Sagar Kakade, Deepak Krishnamoorthi, Hongbo Yan
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for antenna switching is described. The method includes transmitting using a first antenna. The method also includes determining that a trigger occurs to switch to transmitting using a second antenna. The trigger is based on a combination of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) maximum transmit power level (MTPL) counter and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) MTPL counter. The method further includes switching to transmitting using the second antenna based on the determination.
Claims30
A method for antenna switching, comprising:
- transmitting using a first antenna;
- determining that a trigger occurs to switch to transmitting using a second antenna, wherein the trigger is based on a combination of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) maximum transmit power level (MTPL) counter and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) MTPL counter;
- and
- switching to transmitting using the second antenna based on the determination.
A wireless communication device for antenna switching, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- and
- instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
- transmit using a first antenna;
- determine that a trigger occurs to switch to transmitting using a second antenna, wherein the trigger is based on a combination of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) maximum transmit power level (MTPL) counter and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) MTPL counter;
- and
- switch to transmitting using the second antenna based on the determination.
An apparatus for antenna switching, comprising:
- means for transmitting using a first antenna;
- means for determining that a trigger occurs to switch to transmitting using a second antenna, wherein the trigger is based on a combination of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) maximum transmit power level (MTPL) counter and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) MTPL counter;
- and
- means for switch to transmitting using the second antenna based on the determination.
A computer-program product for antenna switching, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:
- code for causing a wireless communication device to transmit using a first antenna;
- code for causing the wireless communication device to determine that a trigger occurs to switch to transmitting using a second antenna, wherein the trigger is based on a combination of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) maximum transmit power level (MTPL) counter and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) MTPL counter;
- and
- code for causing the wireless communication device to switch to transmitting using the second antenna based on the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.