Techniques for wireless power transmission system handoff and load balancing
First Claim
1. A method of load balancing wireless power receiver clients over multiple retrodirective wireless power transmission systems in a wireless power delivery environment, the method comprising:
- identifying transmitter load information associated with at least two geographically diverse wireless power transmission systems of the multiple retrodirective wireless power transmission systems,wherein each wireless power transmission system is configured to transmit directed wireless power to a wireless power receiver client over multiple paths via multiple adaptively phased antennas;
detecting a load imbalance between the at least two wireless power transmission systems based, at least in part, on the transmitter load information;
determining one or more operations for improving the load imbalance including directing one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to handoff one or more wireless power receiver clients; and
directing one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to perform the one or more operations.
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Abstract
Techniques are described herein for load balancing wireless power receiver clients over multiple wireless power transmission systems in a wireless power delivery environment. In some embodiments, a method is described. The method includes identifying transmitter load information associated with at least two wireless power transmission systems of the multiple wireless power transmission systems, detecting a load imbalance between the at least two wireless power transmission systems based, at least in part, on the transmitter load information, and determining one or more operations for improving the load imbalance. The method further includes directing one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to perform the one or more operations.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of load balancing wireless power receiver clients over multiple retrodirective wireless power transmission systems in a wireless power delivery environment, the method comprising:
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identifying transmitter load information associated with at least two geographically diverse wireless power transmission systems of the multiple retrodirective wireless power transmission systems, wherein each wireless power transmission system is configured to transmit directed wireless power to a wireless power receiver client over multiple paths via multiple adaptively phased antennas; detecting a load imbalance between the at least two wireless power transmission systems based, at least in part, on the transmitter load information; determining one or more operations for improving the load imbalance including directing one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to handoff one or more wireless power receiver clients; and directing one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to perform the one or more operations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more computer readable storage media; and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to; identify transmitter load information associated with at least two wireless power transmission systems of multiple retrodirective wireless power transmission systems in a wireless power delivery environment, wherein each wireless power transmission system is configured to transmit directed wireless power to a wireless power receiver client over multiple paths via multiple antennas; detect a load imbalance between the at least two wireless power transmission systems based, at least in part, on the transmitter load information; determine one or more operations for improving the load imbalance including directing one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to handoff one or more wireless power receiver clients; and direct one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to perform the one or more operations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless power transmission system, comprising:
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an adaptively-phased antenna array having multiple radio frequency (RF) transceivers; control circuitry configured to; identify transmitter load information associated with at least two wireless power transmission systems of multiple retrodirective wireless power transmission systems in a wireless power delivery environment, wherein each wireless power transmission system is configured to transmit directed wireless power to a wireless power receiver client over multiple paths via multiple antennas; detect a load imbalance between the at least two wireless power transmission systems based, at least in part, on the transmitter load information; determine one or more operations for improving the load imbalance including directing one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to handoff one or more wireless power receiver clients; and direct one or more of the at least two wireless power transmission systems to perform the one or more operations. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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