Facilitating wireless communication in conjunction with orientation position

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9793596-B2
Application number	US-201313902585-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2013
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for facilitating wireless communication in conjunction with orientation position. For certain example embodiments, at least one device, such as a portable wireless node: (i) may obtain one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node; or (ii) may utilize 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 method for facilitating wireless communication in conjunction with orientation position, the method being at least partially implemented by at least one device, the method comprising:
receiving one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node from a relay item wirelessly linked to at least one remote node at least partly in response to transmitting the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node, the received one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters defining at least one antenna beam orientation relative to the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node based on an expected location and orientation of the at least one portable wireless node with respect to an expected location of the relay item; and
utilizing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node.

2. A system for facilitating wireless communication in conjunction with orientation position, the system comprising:
means for receiving one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node from a relay item wirelessly linked to at least one remote node at least partly in response to transmitting the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node, the received one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters defining at least one antenna beam orientation relative to the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node based on an expected location and orientation of the at least one portable wireless node with respect to an expected location of the relay item; and
means for utilizing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node.

3. An apparatus for facilitating wireless communication in conjunction with orientation position, the apparatus comprising:
circuitry for receiving one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node from a relay item wirelessly linked to at least one remote node at least partly in response to transmitting the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node, the received one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters defining at least one antenna beam orientation relative to the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node based on an expected location and orientation of the at least one portable wireless node with respect to an expected location of the relay item; and
circuitry for utilizing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein circuitry for receiving one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node from a relay item wirelessly linked to at least one remote node at least partly in response to transmitting the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node, the received one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters defining at least one antenna beam orientation relative to the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node based on an expected location and orientation of the at least one portable wireless node with respect to an expected location of the relay item comprises:
circuitry for receiving one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node to facilitate at least one transmission from the at least one portable wireless node to the at least one remote node, the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters received from a relay item in communication with the at least one remote node and received in response to a request from the at least one portable wireless node to the relay item to provide the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters, the request sent to the relay item subsequent to a determination that a communication link between the relay item and the at least one remote node has greater signal quality than a communication link between the at least one portable wireless node and the at least one remote node.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein circuitry for utilizing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node comprises:
circuitry for storing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with at least one antenna configuration data structure.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein circuitry for utilizing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node comprises:
circuitry for communicating with at least one other wireless node using the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are received from at least one remote node.

7. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein circuitry for receiving one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node from at least one remote node comprises:
circuitry for employing multiple antenna assembly configuration parameters for a particular at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node during wireless communication.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein circuitry for employing multiple antenna assembly configuration parameters for a particular at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node during wireless communication comprises:
circuitry for ascertaining the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters from among the multiple antenna assembly configuration parameters for the particular at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node based, at least partially, on at least one measure of signal quality.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein circuitry for employing multiple antenna assembly configuration parameters for a particular at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node during wireless communication comprises:
circuitry for ascertaining the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters from among the multiple antenna assembly configuration parameters for the particular at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node based, at least partially, on at least one measure of power.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein circuitry for ascertaining the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters from among the multiple antenna assembly configuration parameters for the particular at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node based, at least partially, on at least one measure of power comprises:
circuitry for ascertaining the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters from among the multiple antenna assembly configuration parameters for the particular at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node based, at least partially, on at least one power constraint.

11. The apparatu

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04L41/0803

  Configuration setting · CPC title

• H04W16/28

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H01Q15/0086

  said selective devices having materials with a synthesized negative refractive index, e.g. metamaterials or left-handed materials · CPC title

• H01Q1/241 Primary

  used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM (H01Q1/247, H01Q1/248 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q3/26

  varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture ({H01Q3/12,} H01Q3/22, H01Q3/24 take precedence) · CPC title