Smart antenna controller system including cellular boosting functionality

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11765601-B2
Application number	US-202117490760-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

An information handling system (IHS) boosts a cellular signal. The information handling system boosts the cellular signal by providing an information handling system with a cellular communication capability; pairing the information handling system with a mobile device; determining whether a cellular signal received by the mobile device is weak; and, configuring the information handling system to perform a cellular signal boosting operation when the cellular signal received by the mobile device is weak.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implementable method for boosting a cellular signal, comprising:
providing an information handling system with a cellular communication capability;
pairing the information handling system with a mobile device;
determining whether a cellular signal received by the mobile device is weak; and,
configuring the information handling system to perform a cellular signal boosting operation when the cellular signal received by the mobile device is weak.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the cellular communication capability of the information handling system is at least one of not being provisioned and not being activated.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the information handling system includes a cellular antenna and the mobile device includes a cellular antenna, the cellular antenna of the information handling system being larger than the cellular antenna of the mobile device; and
configuring the information handling system to function as a cellular signal booster leverages the larger cellular antenna of the information handling system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device includes a data subscription; and,
the mobile device provides a mobile hotspot with improved connectivity due to the cellular signal boosting operation.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the cellular signal boosting operation uses a wireless wide area network (WWAN) function of the information handling system.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the cellular signal boosting operation uses a wireless local area network (WLAN) function of the information handling system.

7. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor;
an antenna system, the smart antenna system providing cellular communication capability; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
pairing the information handling system with a mobile device;
determining whether a cellular signal received by the mobile device is weak; and,
configuring the information handling system to perform a cellular signal boosting operation when the cellular signal received by the mobile device is weak.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the cellular communication capability of the information handling system is at least one of not being provisioned and not being activated.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the cellular communication capability of the information handling system is at least one of not being provisioned and not being activated.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the mobile device includes a data subscription; and,
the mobile device provides a mobile hotspot with improved connectivity due to the cellular signal boosting operation.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the mobile device includes a data subscription; and,
the mobile device provides a mobile hotspot with improved connectivity due to the cellular signal boosting operation.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the cellular signal boosting operation uses a wireless local area network (WLAN) function of the information handling system.

13. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code for controlling an antenna of an information handling system, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
pairing the information handling system with a mobile device;
determining whether a cellular signal received by the mobile device is weak; and,
configuring the information handling system to perform a cellular signal boosting operation when the cellular signal received by the mobile device is weak.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the cellular communication capability of the information handling system is at least one of not being provisioned and not being activated.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the information handling system includes a cellular antenna and the mobile device includes a cellular antenna, the cellular antenna of the information handling system being larger than the cellular antenna of the mobile device; and
configuring the information handling system to function as a cellular signal booster leverages the larger cellular antenna of the information handling system.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the mobile device includes a data subscription; and,
the mobile device provides a mobile hotspot with improved connectivity due to the cellular signal boosting operation.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein:
the cellular signal boosting operation uses a wireless wide area network (WWAN) function of the information handling system.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein:
the cellular signal boosting operation uses a wireless local area network (WLAN) function of the information handling system.

19. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.

20. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Narula Harpreet S
• Ramasamy Suresh
• Tseng David

Classifications

• H04W24/06 Primary

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using simulated traffic · CPC title

• H04W16/26 Primary

  Cell enhancers {or enhancement}, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow · CPC title

• H04L41/0816

  the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events · CPC title

• H04W88/18

  Service support devices; Network management devices · CPC title

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title