Portable wireless node local cooperation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9681311-B2
Application number	US-201313945801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2013
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for local cooperation between or among portable wireless nodes. For certain example embodiments, at least one device, such as a portable wireless node: (i) may identify at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture; or (ii) may communicate with at least one cooperative portable wireless node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of at least one anticipated communication;
circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication;
circuitry configured for selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially based on at least one wavelength of at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture;
circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication; and
circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for announcing an intention to participate in the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry configured for announcing an intention to participate in the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture comprises:
circuitry configured for providing to the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at least one indication of device information for a portable wireless node, the at least one indication of device information including at least one indication of frequency capability of the portable wireless node.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for detecting at least one announcement of an intention to participate in the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication, the at least one announcement sent from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at least one request for one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at least one request for one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:
circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node the at least one request for one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters via at least one local wireless connection that uses at least one frequency other than a frequency matching at least one wavelength related to at least one antenna of the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at least one request for one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:
circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node the at least one request that at least references at least one spatial location.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for identifying the at least one cooperative portable wireless node using at least one remote node.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein circuitry configured for identifying the at least one cooperative portable wireless node using at least one remote node comprises:
circuitry configured for contacting the at least one remote node to ascertain at least one identity of the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for identifying the at least one cooperative portable wireless node as corresponding to at least one compatible antenna assembly configuration parameter, including at least identifying the at least one cooperative portable wireless node as capable of communicating via at least one frequency matched to at least one wavelength related to at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for announcing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are at least one of possessed or desired.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for communicating locally with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node to share the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters, including at least communicating via at least one frequency other than a frequency indicated by the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for sharing one or more indications of at least one of one or more phased array values, one or more resonant frequency adjustor control values, or one or more antenna element subsets associated with at least one orientation position of the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:
circuitry configured for sharing one or more indications of how to utilize at least one antenna assembly so as to form a beam in at least one particular direction with one or more indications associated with at least one orientation

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Hyde Roderick A
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Tegreene Clarence T

Classifications

• H04B7/026

  Co-operative diversity, e.g. using fixed or mobile stations as relays · CPC title

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title