Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof

• US 10,341,990 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2017
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Woo-chul
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Saumit
• Application Number:
  US15/467,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20170303254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 831 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/06 at the transmitting station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/06 TPC algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/242 taking into account path loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/243 taking into account interferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/245 taking into account received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/362 Aspects of the step size
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/38 TPC being performed in particular situations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a first communication module configured to communicate in a first communication method, and a second communication module configured to communicate in a second communication method. The first communication module is further configured to change a transmission output level of the first communication module from a first transmission output level to a second transmission output level in response to the second communication module receiving data, and change the transmission output level from the second transmission output level to the first transmission output level in response to the second communication module completing the reception of the data.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a first communication module comprising a first antenna and configured to communicate in a first communication method; and

a second communication module comprising a second antenna and configured to communicate in a second communication method,

wherein the first communication module is further configured to;

in response to a reception of data by the second communication module, change a transmission output level of the first antenna from a first level to a second level based on a maximum reception level of the second antenna and path loss of a signal transmitted from the first antenna to the second antenna, and

in response to the reception of the data being completed by the second communication module, change the transmission output level of the first antenna from the second level to the first level.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an interface configured to connect the first communication module and the second communication module,

wherein the second communication module is further configured to, in response to the reception of the data by the second communication module, transmit a first signal indicating a reception state of the second communication module to the first communication module through the interface.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a storage; and

a processor configured to measure the path loss of the signal transmitted from the first antenna to the second antenna and store the path loss in the storage,

wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to the reception of the data by the second communication module, control the first communication module to change the transmission output level of the first antenna based on the path loss stored in the storage and the maximum reception level of the second antenna.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first communication module comprises a plurality of antennas comprising the first antenna and is further configured to change a transmission output level of each of the plurality of antennas.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first communication method comprises at least one of WIFI and WIFI direct, and

wherein the second communication method comprises at least one of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), ZigBee, and Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics (RF4CE).

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a processor configured to;

control the first communication module and the second communication module,

in response to the reception of the data by the second communication module, control the first communication module to change the transmission output level of the first antenna, and

in response to the reception of the data being completed by the second communication module, control the first communication module to change the transmission output level of the first antenna from the second level to the first level.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to the reception of the data by the second communication module, control the first communication module to change the transmission output level of the first antenna based on the maximum reception level of the second antenna and the path loss of a signal transmitted from the first antenna to the second antenna.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first communication module comprises a plurality of antennas comprising the first antenna, and

wherein the processor is further configured to control the first communication module to change a transmission output level of each of the plurality of antennas according to distances between each of the plurality of antennas and the second antenna.

9. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a power supply configured to supply power to the electronic apparatus,

wherein the first communication module, the second communication module, and the processor are connected to the power supply to receive power.

10. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the first communication module is further configured to, in response to the reception of data by the second communication module, change the transmission output level of the first antenna based on a distance between the first antenna and the second antenna.

11. A controlling method of an electronic apparatus, the controlling method comprising:

performing wireless communication in a first communication method by using a first communication module comprising a first antenna and in a second communication method by using a second communication module comprising a second antenna;

in response to a reception of data by the second communication module during the wireless communication, changing a transmission output level of the first antenna from a first level to a second level based on a maximum reception level of the second antenna and path loss of a signal transmitted from the first antenna to the second antenna; and

in response to the reception of the data being completed by the second communication module, changing the transmission output level of the first antenna from the second level to the first level.

12. The controlling method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing from the first level to the second level comprises transmitting, from the second communication module to the first communication module, a first signal indicating a reception state of the second communication module, in response to the reception of the data by the second communication module during the wireless communication.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

measuring the path loss of the signal transmitted from the first antenna to the second antenna; and

storing the path loss,

wherein the changing the transmission output level from the first level to the second level comprises changing the transmission output level of the first antenna based on the stored path loss and the maximum reception level of the second antenna, in response to the reception of data by the second communication module.

14. The controlling method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing from the first level to the second level comprises changing a transmission output level of each of a plurality of antennas of the first communication module, and

wherein the plurality of antennas comprise the first antenna.

15. The controlling method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first communication method comprises at least one of WIFI and WIFI direct, and

wherein the second communication method comprises at least one of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), ZigBee, and Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics (RF4CE).

16. The controlling method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first communication method and the second communication method comprises a 2.4 GHz frequency band.

17. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a first communication module comprising a plurality of first antennas and is configured to wirelessly communicate in a first communication method using the plurality of first antennas;

a second communication module comprising at least one second antenna and is configured to wirelessly communicate in a second communication method that is different from the first communication method and consume low power compared to the first communication module; and

a processor configured to;

adjust, in response to a reception of data by the second communication module, a transmission power level of each of the plurality of first antennas based on a maximum reception level of the at least one second antenna and path loss of a signal transmitted from the plurality of first antennas to the at least one second antenna.