Method for operating a mobile transceiver
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1. A method of operating a mobile transceiver having a processor, a wireless transceiver, a first antenna and a second antenna each coupled to the wireless transceiver via a switch, the method comprising:
- determining whether a door of a container to which the mobile transceiver is mounted is open or closed;
switching an active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the first antenna when the door of the container is determined to be open; and
switching the active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the second antenna when the door of the container is determined to be closed.
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Abstract
A method and mobile transceiver for asset tracking. In one aspect, there is a of operating the mobile transceiver comprising determining whether a door of a container to which the mobile transceiver is mounted is open or closed, switching an active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the first antenna when the door of the container is determined to be open, and switching the active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the second antenna when the door of the container is determined to be closed.
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1. A method of operating a mobile transceiver having a processor, a wireless transceiver, a first antenna and a second antenna each coupled to the wireless transceiver via a switch, the method comprising:
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determining whether a door of a container to which the mobile transceiver is mounted is open or closed; switching an active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the first antenna when the door of the container is determined to be open; and switching the active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the second antenna when the door of the container is determined to be closed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile transceiver, comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory has stored thereon executable instruction; a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor; a first antenna and a second antenna each coupled to the wireless transceiver via a switch; wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile transceiver to; determine whether a door of a container to which the mobile transceiver is mounted is open or closed; switch an active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the first antenna when the door of the container is determined to be open; and switch the active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the second antenna when the door of the container is determined to be closed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory machine readable medium having tangibly stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile transceiver, the mobile transceiver comprising a memory, a wireless transceiver, a first antenna and a second antenna each coupled to the wireless transceiver via a switch, cause the mobile transceiver to:
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determine whether a door of a container to which the mobile transceiver is mounted is open or closed; switch an active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the first antenna when the door of the container is determined to be open; and switch the active antenna for the wireless transceiver to the second antenna when the door of the container is determined to be closed.
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