Power output control of a car kit by a coupled wireless device

Claim 3

The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said logic unit further comprises means for sending design specification parameters from the antenna unit to the hand held device and wherein said design specification parameters comprise one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of maximum gain deviation, power detector minimum accurate power, power amplifier supply voltage, power amplifier hi/low bias versus frequency, maximum effective isotropic radiated power versus frequency, maximum effective isotropic radiated power backoff, and gain compression.

Claim 6

The apparatus of claim 3 further comprising: a hand held logic unit for determining an appropriate transmit power of said information signal, wherein said hand held logic unit is coupled to said demodulator output; and wherein at least one of said handheld transmit components is coupled to said hand held logic unit.

Claim 7

A communications network interface device for transmission of an information signal, comprising: an external antenna unit, including: at least one antenna unit transmit component, wherein said antenna unit transmit component outputs said information signal, an output power measurement feedback circuit, comprising: a power detector for detecting output power from said antenna unit, wherein said power detector has a power detector input and a power detector output, said power detector input being connected to said one of said antenna unit transmit components that outputs said information signal, a first logic unit for converting said output power into a digital power measurement, wherein said first logic unit is coupled to said power detector output, and a modulator for modulating said digital power measurement for transmission to a hand held device, wherein said modulator is coupled to said first logic unit, and at least one antenna unit receive component; a cradle coupled to said antenna unit, said cradle including a demodulator for demodulating formatted messages and having a demodulator input and a demodulator output; and said hand held device, including: a second logic unit for determining an appropriate transmit power of said information signals, wherein said second logic unit is coupled to said demodulator output, and at least one handheld transmit component for initiating said information signal from said handheld device, wherein said handheld transmit component is coupled to said second logic unit.

Claim 8

A communications network interface device for transmission of an information signal, comprising: an external antenna unit, including: at least one antenna unit transmit component, wherein said antenna unit transmit component outputs said information signal, an output power measurement feedback circuit, comprising: a power detector for detecting output power from said antenna unit, wherein said power detector has a power detector input and a power detector output, said power detector input being connected to said one of said antenna unit transmit components that outputs said information signal, a first logic unit for converting said output power into a digital power measurement, wherein said first logic unit is coupled to said power detector output, and a modulator for modulating said digital power measurement for transmission to a hand held device, wherein said modulator is coupled to said first logic unit, and at least one antenna unit receive component; a cradle coupled to said antenna unit, said cradle including a demodulator for demodulating formatted messages and having a demodulator input and a demodulator output; and said hand held device, including: a second logic unit for determining an appropriate transmit power of said information signals, wherein said second logic unit is coupled to said demodulator output, and at least one handheld transmit component for initiating said information signal from said handheld device, wherein said handheld transmit component is coupled to said second logic unit.

Claim 9

The communications network interface device of claim 5 , wherein said first logic unit further comprises a means for sending design specification parameters from the antenna unit to hand held device.

Claim 10

The communications network interface device of claim 6 , wherein said design specification parameters comprise one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of maximum gain deviation, power detector minimum accurate power, power amplifier supply voltage, power amplifier hi/low bias versus frequency, maximum effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) versus frequency, maximum effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) backoff, and gain compression.

Claim 13

The method of claim 8 , further comprising the steps of: (d) demodulating said output power measurement; and (e) adjusting power of said information signal by said hand held device.

Claim 14

The method of claim 8 , wherein step (a) comprises: detecting output power by a power detector; detecting temperature by a temperature detector; multiplexing said detected output power and said detected temperature to output a multiplexed signal; converting said multiplexed signal to a digital format, wherein said converted multiplexed signal comprises a digital temperature measurement and a digital power measurement; converting said digital temperature measurement from a voltage format to a temperature format; converting said digital power measurement from a voltage format to a logarithmic format; and generating a power estimation.

Claim 15

The method of claim 8 , wherein step (d) comprises the steps of: receiving said output power measurement at said hand held device; and determining whether an adjustment is needed to said information signal power.

Claim 16

The method of claim 11 , wherein step (d) further comprises the step of adjusting said information signal power.