Selecting modules for a wireless communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10433280-B2
Application number	US-201514980605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2015
Priority date	Oct 29, 2003
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

A wireless communication device may include processing modules and determine a hardware arrangement to facilitate performance for communication with a network. The hardware arrangement may include a first antenna or the first antenna and the second antenna, a first processing module and a second processing module, the first processing module including a single processing technique, the second processing module including first and second processing techniques. The first processing technique of the second processing module may be selected for the communication and adaptively selected to the second processing technique during the communication based on a cost.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless communication device comprising:
a first antenna coupled to a first radio frequency (RF) receive chain that includes a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a first frequency downconverter;
a second antenna coupled to a second RF receive chain that includes a second ADC and a second frequency downconverter;
a processor that includes a plurality of processing modules, wherein each of the plurality of processing modules is configured to communicate with the first RF receive chain and the second RF receive chain; and
wherein the first RF receive chain and the second RF receive chain are activated based on a maximum power consumption of the wireless communication device;
wherein the processor is configured to determine a hardware arrangement to facilitate performance and meet functionality of the wireless communication device for communication with a network;
wherein the hardware arrangement includes the first antenna or the first antenna and the second antenna, a first processing module and a second processing module, the first processing module including a single processing technique, the second processing module including first and second processing techniques;
wherein a first beam of a plurality of beams is selected for reception and transmission weights are selected for the first and second antenna based on the selected first beam and a first power control algorithm is selected from a plurality of power control algorithms for setting a transmission power level for a transmission using the selected transmission weights.

2. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are configured for receive diversity.

3. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to perform signal combining of signals received by the first antenna and the second antenna.

4. The wireless communication device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to decode the signals received by the first antenna and the second antenna.

5. A method performed by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
receiving, by a first antenna, a first signal, wherein the first antenna is coupled to a first radio frequency (RF) receive chain that includes a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a first frequency downconverter;
receiving, by a second antenna, a second signal, wherein the second antenna is coupled to a second RF receive chain that includes a second ADC and a second frequency downconverter;
processing, by a plurality of processing modules of a processor, the received first signal and the received second signal, wherein the received first signal is received by each of the plurality of processing modules in communication with the first RF receive chain and the second RF receive chain;
determining, by the processor, a hardware arrangement to facilitate performance of the wireless communication device and implementing, by the processor, a functionality for the wireless communication device for communication with a network; and
wherein the first RF receive chain and the second RF receive chain are activated based on a maximum power consumption of the wireless communication device;
wherein the hardware arrangement includes the first antenna or the first antenna and the second antenna, a first processing module and a second processing module, the first processing module including a single processing technique, the second processing module including first and second processing techniques;
wherein a first beam of a plurality of beams is selected for reception and transmission weights are selected for the first and second antenna based on the selected first beam and a first power control algorithm is selected from a plurality of power control algorithms for setting a transmission power level for a transmission using the selected transmission weights.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are configured for receive diversity.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to perform signal combining of signals received by the first antenna and the second antenna.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to decode the signals received by the first antenna and the second antenna.

Assignees

• Iii Holdings 1 Llc

Inventors

• Warner Robert
• Winters Jack
• Wang James June-Ming

Classifications

• H04B7/0854

  using error minimizing algorithms, e.g. minimum mean squared error [MMSE], "cross-correlation" or matrix inversion · CPC title

• H04W52/0229

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• H04B7/0857

  using maximum ratio combining techniques, e.g. signal-to- interference ratio [SIR], received signal strenght indication [RSS] · CPC title

• H04W72/046

  the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams · CPC title

• H04B7/0817

  with multiple receivers and antenna path selection · CPC title