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US 9,853,663 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for managing operations of a communication device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsKeith R. Manssen, Matthew Russell Greene, Carsten Hoirup
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to provision a matching network that controls one or more operational characteristics of one of a receiver portion and a transmitter portion of the communication device according to a profile describing one or more characteristics of a communication system from which the communication device operates. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A wireless communication device comprising:
- a matching network including a variable reactance element;
- and
- a controller coupled with the matching network for tuning of the matching network, wherein the controller performs operations comprising:
- initiating a wireless communication link with a communication element that is remote from the wireless communication device;
- selecting a profile from among a plurality of profiles based on an identification of the communication element that corresponds to the profile, wherein each profile of the plurality of profiles includes tuning information associating a plurality of desired tuning states for a matching network with a plurality of frequency bands and a plurality of use cases, wherein the plurality of profiles does not include settings for the variable reactance element of the matching network;
- determining an operating frequency band for the wireless communication link;
- determining a physical orientation of the wireless communication device;
- determining a use case for the wireless communication device according to the physical orientation that is determined;
- determining a tuning state for the matching network via the tuning information of the profile according to a combination of the operating frequency band and the use case for the wireless communication device;
- and
- adjusting the variable reactance element according to the tuning state to perform impedance matching.
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A method comprising:
- initiating, by a controller of a wireless communication device, a wireless communication link with a communication element that is remote from the wireless communication device;
- selecting, by the controller, a profile from among a plurality of profiles based on an identification of the communication element that corresponds to the profile, wherein each profile of the plurality of profiles includes tuning information associating a plurality of desired tuning states for a matching network with a plurality of frequency bands and a plurality of use cases, wherein the plurality of profiles does not include settings for a variable reactance element of the matching network;
- determining, by the controller, an operating frequency band for the wireless communication link;
- determining, by the controller, a physical orientation of the wireless communication device;
- determining, by the controller, a use case for the wireless communication device according to the physical orientation that is determined;
- determining, by the controller, a tuning state for the matching network via the tuning information of the profile according to a combination of the operating frequency band and the use case for the wireless communication device;
- and
- adjusting, by the controller, the variable reactance element according to the tuning state to perform impedance matching.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage device, comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor of a wireless communication device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- initiating a wireless communication link with a communication element that is remote from the wireless communication device;
- selecting a profile from among a plurality of profiles based on an identification of the communication element that corresponds to the profile, wherein each profile of the plurality of profiles includes tuning information associating a plurality of desired tuning states for a matching network with a plurality of frequency bands and a plurality of use cases, wherein the plurality of profiles does not include settings for a variable reactance element of the matching network;
- determining an operating frequency band for the wireless communication link;
- determining a physical orientation of the wireless communication device;
- determining a use case for the wireless communication device according to the physical orientation that is determined;
- determining a tuning state for the matching network via the tuning information of the profile according to a combination of the operating frequency band and the use case for the wireless communication device;
- and
- adjusting the variable reactance element according to the tuning state to perform impedance matching.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.