Method and system for centralized or distributed resource management in a distributed transceiver network
First Claim
1. A method of transmit power control by a first device comprising a set of transceivers, each transceiver comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas, the method comprising:
- configuring the antenna arrays of a plurality of transceivers in the set of transceivers of the first device to establish a communication link with a second device;
defining a throughput function between the first and second devices based on (i) throughput of each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers and (ii) a transmission power level of each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers;
identifying a corresponding transmission power level for each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers of the first device to optimize the throughput function, said optimizing comprising minimizing a function of transmission power of the plurality of transceivers while maintaining the total throughput between the first and second devices above a threshold; and
communicating a data stream from the antenna array of each of the plurality of transceivers of the first device to the second device while each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers maintains the corresponding identified transmission power level.
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Abstract
A master application device comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central baseband processor, and a network management engine that manages operation of the master application device and end-user application devices. The master application device communicates data streams to the end-user devices utilizing one or more distributed transceivers selected from the plurality of distributed transceivers. The selected distributed transceivers and the end-user devices are concurrently configured by the network management engine based on corresponding link quality and propagation environment. The network management engine allocates resources to the selected distributed transceivers and the end-user devices during the data communication. The network management engine continuously monitors communication environment information to configure beamforming settings and/or antenna arrangement for the selected distributed transceivers. Beam patterns are selected for the selected distributed transceivers so as to minimize power consumption and/or based on the location and orientation information of the end-user application devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of transmit power control by a first device comprising a set of transceivers, each transceiver comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas, the method comprising:
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configuring the antenna arrays of a plurality of transceivers in the set of transceivers of the first device to establish a communication link with a second device; defining a throughput function between the first and second devices based on (i) throughput of each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers and (ii) a transmission power level of each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers; identifying a corresponding transmission power level for each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers of the first device to optimize the throughput function, said optimizing comprising minimizing a function of transmission power of the plurality of transceivers while maintaining the total throughput between the first and second devices above a threshold; and communicating a data stream from the antenna array of each of the plurality of transceivers of the first device to the second device while each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers maintains the corresponding identified transmission power level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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11. A first device comprising:
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a set of transceivers, each transceiver comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas; and a network management engine configured to; configure the antenna arrays of a plurality of transceivers in the set of transceivers of the first device to establish a communication link with a second device; define a throughput function between the first and second devices based on (i) throughput of each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers and (ii) a transmission power level of each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers; identify a corresponding transmission power level for each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers of the first device to optimize the throughput function, said optimizing comprising minimizing a function of transmission power of the plurality of transceivers while maintaining the total throughput between the first and second devices above a threshold; and communicate a data stream from the antenna arrays of each of the plurality of transceivers of the first device to the second device while each transceiver in the plurality of transceivers maintains the corresponding identified transmission power level. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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