Selective usage of antennas for improved call performance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9923610-B2
Application number	US-201615263721-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	Oct 29, 2015
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

An apparatus for selective usage of antennas for measurement purposes is provided. When the signal strength of the primary antenna is less than a signal strength threshold or the signal quality of the primary antenna is less than a signal quality threshold, the apparatus may determine at least one of whether a first difference between the signal strength of the primary antenna and the diversity antenna satisfies a first criteria or whether a second difference between the signal quality of the primary antenna and the diversity antenna satisfies a second criteria. When at least one of the first difference satisfies the first criteria or the second difference satisfies the second criteria, the apparatus may calculate the signal strength and signal quality of the diversity antenna for measurement evaluations and path-loss calculation based on the signal strength and signal quality of the primary antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
measuring a first set of metrics of a primary antenna;
measuring a second set of metrics of a diversity antenna;
determining, when at least one metric of the first set of metrics is less than a corresponding threshold, whether at least one difference between the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics satisfies a corresponding criteria; and
calculating the second set of metrics of the diversity antenna based on the first set of metrics of the primary antenna when the at least one difference is determined to be satisfying the corresponding criteria when a second signal strength of the diversity antenna is stronger than a first signal strength of the primary antenna for more than a signal strength delta threshold or a second signal quality of the diversity antenna is stronger than a first signal quality of the primary antenna for more than a signal quality delta threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of metrics comprises the first signal strength and the first signal quality of the primary antenna, wherein the second set of metrics comprises the second signal strength and the second signal quality of the diversity antenna.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one difference is a difference between the first signal strength and the second signal strength, wherein the corresponding criteria is a signal strength difference criteria.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one difference is a difference between the first signal quality and the second signal quality, wherein the corresponding criteria is a signal quality difference criteria.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first signal strength of the primary antenna and the second signal strength of the diversity antenna are measured by reference signal received power (RSRP), wherein the first signal quality of the primary antenna and the second signal quality of the diversity antenna are measured by reference signal received quality (RSRQ).

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the calculating the second set of metrics of the diversity antenna based on the first set of metrics of the primary antenna comprises providing the first signal strength and the first signal quality of the primary antenna as the second signal strength and the second signal quality of the diversity antenna.

7. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
means for measuring a first set of metrics of a primary antenna;
means for measuring a second set of metrics of a diversity antenna;
means for determining, when at least one metric of the first set of metrics is less than a corresponding threshold, whether at least one difference between the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics satisfies a corresponding criteria; and
means for calculating the second set of metrics of the diversity antenna based on the first set of metrics of the primary antenna when the at least one difference is determined to be satisfying the corresponding criteria when a second signal strength of the diversity antenna is stronger than a first signal strength of the primary antenna for more than a signal strength delta threshold or a second signal quality of the diversity antenna is stronger than a first signal quality of the primary antenna for more than a signal quality delta threshold.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first set of metrics comprises the first signal strength and the first signal quality of the primary antenna, wherein the second set of metrics comprises the second signal strength and the second signal quality of the diversity antenna.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one difference is a difference between the first signal strength and the second signal strength, wherein the corresponding criteria is a signal strength difference criteria.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one difference is a difference between the first signal quality and the second signal quality, wherein the corresponding criteria is a signal quality difference criteria.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first signal strength of the primary antenna and the second signal strength of the diversity antenna are measured by reference signal received power (RSRP), wherein the first signal quality of the primary antenna and the second signal quality of the diversity antenna are measured by reference signal received quality (RSRQ).

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the means for calculating the second set of metrics of the diversity antenna based on the first set of metrics of the primary antenna is configured to provide the first signal strength and the first signal quality of the primary antenna as the second signal strength and the second signal quality of the diversity antenna.

13. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
measure a first set of metrics of a primary antenna;
measure a second set of metrics of a diversity antenna;
determine, when at least one metric of the first set of metrics is less than a corresponding threshold, whether at least one difference between the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics satisfies a corresponding criteria; and
calculate the second set of metrics of the diversity antenna based on the first set of metrics of the primary antenna when the at least one difference is determined to be satisfying the corresponding criteria when a second signal strength of the diversity antenna is stronger than a first signal strength of the primary antenna for more than a signal strength delta threshold or a second signal quality of the diversity antenna is stronger than a first signal quality of the primary antenna for more than a signal quality delta threshold.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first set of metrics comprises the first signal strength and the first signal quality of the primary antenna, wherein the second set of metrics comprises the second signal strength and the second signal quality of the diversity antenna.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one difference is a difference between the first signal strength and the second signal strength, wherein the corresponding criteria is a signal strength difference criteria.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one difference is a difference between the first signal quality and the second signal quality, wherein the corresponding criteria is a signal quality difference criteria.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, to calculate the second set of metrics of the diversity antenna based on the first set of metrics of the primary antenna, the at least one processor is configured to provide the first signal strength and the first signal quality of the primary antenna as the second signal strength and the second signal quality of the diversity antenna.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication, comprising code for:
measuring a first set of metrics of a primary antenna;
measuring a second set of metrics of a diversity antenna;
determining, when at least one metric of the first set of metrics is less than a corresponding threshold, whether at least one difference between the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics satisfies a corresponding criteria; and
calculating the second set of metrics of the diversity antenna based on the first set of metrics of the primary a

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Sandhu Manjinder Singh
• Kinthada Venkata Madhusudan
• Jujaray Siva Kumar

Classifications

• H04B17/328

  Reference signal received power [RSRP]; Reference signal received quality [RSRQ] · CPC title

• H04W28/0268

  using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24) · CPC title

• H04B17/318

  Received signal strength · CPC title

• H04L47/29

  using a combination of thresholds · CPC title

• H04B7/04 Primary

  using two or more spaced independent antennas · CPC title