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Collaborative pairing transceiver with space hopping phased array antenna and methods for use therewith
Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Ltd
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Filing: 2009-04-22
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Granted: 2012-05-01
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Expires: 2029-04-22
Abstract
Abstract A wireless transceiver includes at least one phased array antenna, that transmits an outbound RF signal containing outbound data to a remote transceiver and that receives an inbound RF signal containing inbound data from the at least one remote RF transceiver, wherein the at least one phased array antenna is configurable based on a control signal. An antenna configuration controller generates the control signal to configure the phased array antenna to hop among a plurality of selected radiation patterns that are collaboratively selected by the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver via a pairing procedure. At least one RF transceiver section generates the outbound RF signal based on the outbound data and that generates the inbound data based on the inbound RF signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Jason A. Trachewsky
- 👤 Jeyhan Karaoguz
- 👤 Christopher J. Hansen
- 👤 Saishankar Nandagopalan
- 👤 Vinko Erceg
- 👤 Matthew J. Fischer
- 👤 Murat Mese
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 17:04
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/02; H04B7/04; H04B7/06; H04B7/0686; H04B7/0689
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A wireless transceiver comprising: at least one phased array antenna, that transmits an outbound RF signal containing outbound data to a remote transceiver and that receives an inbound RF signal containing inbound data from the remote transceiver, wherein the at least one phased array antenna is configurable based on a control signal; an antenna configuration controller, coupled to the at least one phased array antenna, that generates the control signal to configure the at least one phased array antenna to hop among a plurality of selected radiation patterns that are collaboratively selected by the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver via a pairing procedure that includes collaboratively configuring the remote transceiver to a first plurality of candidate radiation patterns while configuring the at least one phased array antenna to an omnidirectional radiation pattern; and at least one RF transceiver section, coupled to the at least one phased array antenna, that generates the outbound RF signal based on the outbound data and that generates the inbound data based on the inbound RF signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A wireless transceiver comprising: at least one phased array antenna, that transmits an outbound RF signal containing outbound data to a remote transceiver and that receives an inbound RF signal containing inbound data from the remote transceiver, wherein the at least one phased array antenna is configurable based on a control signal; an antenna configuration controller, coupled to the at least one phased array antenna, that generates the control signal to configure the at least one phased array antenna to hop among a plurality of selected radiation patterns that are collaboratively selected by the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver via a pairing procedure that includes collaboratively configuring the remote transceiver to a first plurality of candidate radiation patterns while configuring the at least one phased array antenna to an omnidirectional radiation pattern; and at least one RF transceiver section, coupled to the at least one phased array antenna, that generates the outbound RF signal based on the outbound data and that generates the inbound data based on the inbound RF signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein, the pairing procedure includes: generating quality data corresponding to each of a second plurality of candidate radiation patterns during a wireless transceiver configuration period; and selecting the plurality of selected radiation patterns from the second plurality of candidate radiation patterns, based on the quality data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 2 wherein the antenna configuration controller selects one of the second plurality of candidate radiation patterns as a corresponding one of the plurality of selected radiation patterns when the quality data compares favorably to a quality threshold.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 2 wherein the quality data is based on at least one of: a signal strength, a signal to noise ratio, a signal to noise and interference ratio, a bit error rate, a packet error rate and a retransmission rate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 2 wherein the quality data is based on the inbound RF signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the pairing procedure includes cycling through each of the plurality of selected radiation patterns during a reciprocal radiation pattern selection by the remote transceiver.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the antenna configuration controller generates the control signal to configure the at least one phased array antenna to an omnidirectional radiation pattern during a portion of the pairing procedure.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the at least one phased array antenna includes a plurality of individual antenna arrays that are spatially diverse.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the outbound RF signal and the inbound RF signal are within a millimeter wave frequency band.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
The wireless transceiver of claim 1 wherein the outbound data and the inbound data are formatted in accordance with at least one of: a wireless high definition communication standard; and a next generation millimeter wave communication standard.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
144 words
A method for use in a wireless transceiver, the method comprising: transmitting an outbound RF signal containing outbound data to a remote transceiver via at least one phased array antenna; receiving an inbound RF signal containing inbound data from the remote transceiver, via the at least one phased array antenna; selecting a plurality of selected radiation patterns collaboratively between the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver in accordance with a pairing procedure that includes collaboratively configuring the remote transceiver to a first plurality of candidate radiation patterns while configuring the at least one phased array antenna to an omnidirectional radiation pattern; configuring the at least one phased array antenna to hop among the plurality of selected radiation patterns based on a hopping sequence; generating the outbound RF signal based on the outbound data; and generating the inbound data based on the inbound RF signal.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
144 words
A method for use in a wireless transceiver, the method comprising: transmitting an outbound RF signal containing outbound data to a remote transceiver via at least one phased array antenna; receiving an inbound RF signal containing inbound data from the remote transceiver, via the at least one phased array antenna; selecting a plurality of selected radiation patterns collaboratively between the wireless transceiver and the remote transceiver in accordance with a pairing procedure that includes collaboratively configuring the remote transceiver to a first plurality of candidate radiation patterns while configuring the at least one phased array antenna to an omnidirectional radiation pattern; configuring the at least one phased array antenna to hop among the plurality of selected radiation patterns based on a hopping sequence; generating the outbound RF signal based on the outbound data; and generating the inbound data based on the inbound RF signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 11 wherein, the pairing procedure includes: generating quality data corresponding to each of the plurality of candidate radiation patterns during a wireless transceiver configuration period; and selecting the plurality of selected radiation patterns from the plurality of candidate radiation patterns, based on the quality data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 12 wherein selecting the plurality of selected radiation patterns includes: selecting one of the plurality of candidate radiation patterns as a corresponding one of the plurality of selected radiation patterns when the quality data compares favorably to a quality threshold.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 12 wherein generating the quality data includes: generating the quality data based on at least one of: a signal strength, a signal to noise ratio, a signal to noise and interference ratio, a bit error rate, a packet error rate and a retransmission rate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 12 wherein generating the quality data includes: generating the quality data based on the inbound RF signal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the pairing procedure includes: cycling through each of the plurality of selected radiation patterns during a reciprocal radiation pattern selection by the remote transceiver.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the pairing procedure includes: configuring the at least one phased array antenna to an omnidirectional radiation pattern during a portion of the pairing procedure.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the at least one phased array antenna includes a plurality of individual antenna arrays that are spatially diverse and wherein the plurality of radiation patterns include radiation patterns from each of the plurality of individual antenna arrays.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the outbound RF signal and the inbound RF signal are within a millimeter wave frequency band.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the outbound data and the inbound data are formatted in accordance with at least one of: a wireless high definition communication standard; and a next generation millimeter wave communication standard.
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