ANTENNA ARRAY UPLINK SECTOR SELECTION AND DESELECTION BASED ON COEXISTENCE WITH OTHER IN-DEVICE RADIOS

    公开(公告)号:US20180084439A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-22

    申请号:US15272196

    申请日:2016-09-21

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04W16/28 H04B17/318 H04B7/06

    摘要: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for performing an antenna sector level sweep of a radio in a radio frequency system with co-existence of other radios. The method may involve sending a first command to a portion of a plurality of radios to determine a first set of signal quality metrics associated with the portion of the plurality of radios for one or more sectors of an antenna while the first radio is not active. The method may involve determining a second set of signal quality metrics associated with using the portion of the plurality of radios when the first radio is active via one or more sectors of a sector level sweep. The method also include generating a table that includes the second set of signal quality metrics and storing the table that indicates a portion of the sectors to avoid when the first radio performs a subsequent sweep.

    Antenna array uplink sector level sweep to allow coexistence with other in-device radios

    公开(公告)号:US10219167B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-26

    申请号:US15272185

    申请日:2016-09-21

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04B7/08 H04W16/28 H04B17/318

    摘要: A method for operating a first radio of a number of radios within a radio frequency system may include sending a first command to the first radio of the plurality of radios to initiate an antenna sector level sweep and determining a first set of metrics associated with a first set of signals from other radios of the plurality of radios that correspond to the antenna sector level sweep. The method may also include receiving a second set of metrics associated with the first set of signals from a responder electronic device and identifying a sector of a number of sectors associated with the antenna sector level sweep based on the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics. The method may then involve sending a second command to the first radio to transmit data to the responder device via the identified sector.

    Device and method for antenna synchronization and selection

    公开(公告)号:US10206236B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-12

    申请号:US15391953

    申请日:2016-12-28

    申请人: APPLE INC.

    IPC分类号: H04B7/00 H04W76/14 H04W4/80

    摘要: A device and method selects an antenna configuration. The method performed at a user equipment includes determining at least one communication functionality that is being used, each communication functionality configured to utilize at least one antenna in a multi-antenna arrangement of the user equipment. The method includes receiving a first indication of whether a cellular communication functionality is being used, the cellular communication functionality configured to utilize at least one antenna in the multi-antenna arrangement. The method includes receiving a second indication of whether a coexistence condition is present. The method includes determining an antenna configuration for the multi-antenna arrangement to be used by the determined communication functionality based upon the determined communication functionality, the first indication, and the second indication. The method includes configuring the multi-antenna arrangement for the determined communication functionality based upon the antenna configuration.