Method and apparatus for radio antenna frequency tuning
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04B-001/00
H04B-001/401
H01Q-001/24
H01Q-009/14
H03H-007/40
H04B-017/26
H04B-001/04
H04B-001/18
H04B-017/318
출원번호
US-0606953
(2017-05-26)
등록번호
US-9935674
(2018-04-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Hoirup, Carsten
Manssen, Keith
Greene, Matthew Russell
출원인 / 주소
BlackBerry Limited
대리인 / 주소
Guntin & Gust, PLC
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초록▼
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which can include computer instructions to determine a subset of use cases from a group of use cases stored in a memory of a communication device, and to determ
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which can include computer instructions to determine a subset of use cases from a group of use cases stored in a memory of a communication device, and to determine a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on an operational parameter associated with a transceiver of the communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
대표청구항▼
1. A communication device comprising: an antenna;a tunable network having tuning elements and being coupled with the antenna;a memory that stores computer instructions; anda processor coupled with the memory and the tunable network, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instruc
1. A communication device comprising: an antenna;a tunable network having tuning elements and being coupled with the antenna;a memory that stores computer instructions; anda processor coupled with the memory and the tunable network, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: applying each tuning state of a subset of use cases to the tuning elements of the tunable network and measuring a measured signal parameter for a received signal at each tuning state to generate a group of signal parameters, each of the use cases corresponding to a tuning state for the tuning elements of the tunable network;selecting a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on a desired signal parameter selected from among the group of signal parameters; andtuning the tunable network by adjusting the tuning elements according to the target use case. 2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the tuning elements include a group of inductors, and further comprising adjusting a switch coupled with the group of inductors based on a corresponding tuning state of the target use case to tune the tuning elements, and wherein the measured signal parameter comprises a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) measurement. 3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the tunable network includes a fixed reactance capacitor. 4. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the subset of use cases from a group of use cases based on a usage condition determined for the communication device. 5. The communication device of claim 1, wherein generating of the group of signal parameters comprises averaging parametric measurements for each tuning state of the subset of use cases. 6. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: receiving tuning information from a base station, wherein the selecting of the target use case is based on the tuning information. 7. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the tuning elements include a variable capacitance element. 8. A method comprising: applying, by a system of a communication device, each tuning state of a subset of use cases to tuning elements of a tunable network of the communication device and measuring a signal parameter for a received signal at each tuning state to generate a group of signal parameters, each of the use cases corresponding to a tuning state for the tuning elements of the tunable network;selecting, by the system, a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on a desired signal parameter selected from among the group of signal parameters; andtuning the tunable network by adjusting the tuning elements according to the target use case. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the signal parameter for the received signal comprises a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) measurement. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein generating of the group of signal parameters comprises averaging parametric measurements for each tuning state. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the tuning elements include a variable capacitance element. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the tuning elements include a group of inductors, and further comprising adjusting a switch coupled with the group of inductors based on a corresponding tuning state of the target use case to tune the tunable network. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the tunable network includes a fixed reactance capacitor. 14. The method of claim 8, comprising: receiving, by the system, tuning information from a base station, wherein the selecting of the target use case is based on the tuning information. 15. A communication device comprising: a tunable network having tuning elements;a memory that stores computer instructions; anda processor coupled with the memory and the tunable network, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: applying each tuning state of a subset of use cases to the tuning elements of the tunable network and measuring a signal parameter for a received signal at each tuning state to generate a group of signal parameters, each of the use cases corresponding to a tuning state for the tuning elements of the tunable network;selecting a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on a desired signal parameter selected from among the group of signal parameters; andtuning the tunable network by adjusting the tuning elements according to the target use case. 16. The communication device of claim 15, wherein the signal parameter for the received signal comprises a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) measurement. 17. The communication device of claim 15, wherein the tuning elements include a group of inductors, and further comprising adjusting a switch coupled with the group of inductors based on a corresponding tuning state of the target use case to tune the tuning elements. 18. The communication device of claim 15, wherein the tunable network includes a fixed reactance capacitor. 19. The communication device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the subset of use cases from a group of use cases based on a usage condition determined for the communication device. 20. The communication device of claim 15, wherein generating of the group of signal parameters comprises averaging parametric measurements for each tuning state of the subset of use cases.
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