Abstract:
Un aparato de comunicaciones inalámbricas, que comprende: medios para recibir o transmitir comunicaciones inalámbricas, usando al menos una primera antena (370a), o bien una segunda antena (370b); medios para determinar una o más características de prestaciones, asociadas a la primera antena (370a); medios para conmutar los medios para recibir o transmitir comunicaciones inalámbricas, desde la recepción o transmisión de comunicaciones inalámbricas mediante la primera antena (370a) a la recepción o transmisión de comunicaciones inalámbricas mediante la segunda antena (370b); medios para determinar una o más características de prestaciones, asociadas a la segunda antena (370b), después de la conmutación; medios para comparar una o más características de prestaciones, asociadas a la primera antena, con una o más características de prestaciones asociadas a la segunda antena (370b); medios para determinar, en base, al menos en parte, a los resultados obtenidos a partir de los medios para comparar, si se mantiene una conmutación de los medios para recibir o transmitir a la recepción o transmisión mediante la segunda antena (370b), o si se conmutan los medios para recibir o transmitir, de vuelta a la recepción o transmisión mediante la primera antena (370a); y caracterizado por medios para determinar un lapso de tiempo para mantener una conexión entre una de las antenas primera y segunda (370a, 370b) y los medios para recibir o transmitir, en base, al menos, a la comparación de las características de prestaciones asociadas a la primera antena (370) y a la segunda antena (370b).
Abstract:
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for antenna switching. In one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna. The wireless communication apparatus further includes at least one receive circuit including a first receive circuit. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a controller configured to selectively switch the first receive circuit from receiving wireless communications via the first antenna to receive wireless communications via the second antenna if one or more performance characteristics of the first antenna are below a threshold in one or more measurement cycles, the one or more measurement cycles including a wake-up cycle outside of a predetermined wake-up cycle. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
Abstract:
In a communication system, user equipment (UE) conditionally performs uplink transmit diversity (ULTD) either by Switched Antenna Transmit Diversity (SATD) or Beamforming Transmit Diversity (BFTD) using a first antenna and a second antenna. Either a serving node or the UE determines that uplink transmit diversity is conditionally authorized. Either a serving node or the UE measures a value. The UE transmits using ULTD in response to determining that an enabling condition based on the value is satisfied. The UE can also disable uplink transmit diversity in response to determining that a disabling condition based on the value is satisfied. The disabling condition comprises a disabling threshold that equals the enabling condition comprising an enabling threshold with a threshold adjustment for hysteresis.
Abstract:
Techniques for identifying and suppressing frequency spurs in a signal are disclosed. In an embodiment, an incoming signal is rotated by a frequency related to a spur frequency, and an estimate of the content of the rotated signal is derived. The estimate may be subtracted from the rotated incoming signal, and the result de-rotated by the spur frequency. In an embodiment, the incoming signal may be rotated such that the spur is centered at DC. In an alternative embodiment, the estimate may be de-rotated before being subtracted from the original incoming signal. Techniques for addressing multiple spurs using serial and parallel architectures are disclosed. Further disclosed are techniques for searching for the presence of spurs in an incoming signal, and tracking spur frequencies over time.
Abstract:
TDD devices may transmit using multiple antennas. First and second antennas having first and second receive conditions may receive a communication. In an aspect, first and second transmit conditions for the first and second antennas may be determined based on the first and second receive conditions. In an aspect, the first and second transmit conditions may be compared to select the first or second antenna for transmissions. In an aspect, the first and second receive conditions may be compared to select the first or second antenna for transmissions. In an aspect, first and second transmission conditioning values, which may determine transmission powers, may be determined based on the first and second receive conditions. A first transmission chain, associated with an active radio access technology (RAT) or carrier, and a second transmission chain, associated with an inactive RAT or carrier, may be activated to send transmissions from the first and second antennas.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for temperature-calibration of an uncompensated XO in a mobile device during mobile device operation. The XO is temperature-calibrated based on assistance from wireless signals, such as from satellite source, and optionally from terrestrial sources such as WWAN, CDMA, etc. Based on one or more received wireless signals received at a receiver, corresponding frequency estimates of the XO are obtained and correlated with corresponding operating temperatures in a processor. Based on one or more samples of frequency estimates and associated temperatures, the XO is temperature-calibrated in the processor wherein a frequency-temperature (FT) model is formulated for the XO. The frequency of the temperature-calibrated XO can be determined from the FT model at any given temperature.
Abstract:
Wireless devices and techniques providing improved system acquisition in an environment of multiple co-existing technologies over a common frequency band are disclosed. In one aspect, at a remote terminal, a power spectral distribution (PSD) of received signals is sequentially measured in contiguous segments of a frequency band of interest. One or more characteristics of the measured PSD is compared to at least one predetermined metric to identify the presence or absence of at least one technology type of the received signals in frequency locations across the band. A system acquisition operation is performed in accordance with the identification, such as a tailored scan of channels at locations where a desired technology is identified.