SUPPORTING ANTENNA ASSEMBLY CONFIGURATION NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

• US 20140349696A1
• Filed: 07/08/2013
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Reudink, Douglas O., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Application Number:
  US13/936,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20140349696A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for supporting network infrastructure for sharing antenna assembly configuration parameters. For certain example embodiments, at least one device, such as a portable wireless node: (i) may present at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework; or (ii) may communicate with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.

Claims

1. A method for supporting antenna assembly configuration network infrastructure, the method being at least partially implemented by at least one device, the method comprising:

presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework; and

communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

registering with the at least one remote node with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the registering with the at least one remote node with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

registering with the at least one remote node with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework using at least one application executing on a portable wireless node.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the registering with the at least one remote node with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

registering with the at least one remote node with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework using at least one operating system of a portable wireless node.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the registering with the at least one remote node with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

providing to the at least one remote node at least one indication of device information for a portable wireless node.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the providing to the at least one remote node at least one indication of device information for a portable wireless node comprises:

providing at least one indication of a type of the portable wireless node.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the providing to the at least one remote node at least one indication of device information for a portable wireless node comprises:

providing at least one indication of a model of the portable wireless node.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

receiving from the at least one remote node at least one request to participate in the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

formulating at least one message to notify the at least one remote node of an intent to participate in the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

processing at least one inquiry asking if at least one user preference has been selected with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

transmitting to the at least one remote node at least one indication of at least one user preference with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting to the at least one remote node at least one indication of at least one user preference with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

signaling at least one bandwidth consumption preference.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting to the at least one remote node at least one indication of at least one user preference with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

signaling at least one cache size preference.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting to the at least one remote node at least one indication of at least one user preference with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

signaling at least one battery-related preference.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node comprises:

sharing one or more indications of how to configure at least one antenna assembly to form a beam in at least one particular direction with the one or more indications associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node comprises:

sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node and that are applicable to at least one meta-material antenna.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node comprises:

sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node and that are applicable to at least one array-based antenna.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with the at least one orientation position of the at least one portable wireless node and that are applicable to at least one array-based antenna comprises:

uni-directionally sharing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one remote node.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to negotiate at least one control factor with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the presenting at least one interface to negotiate at least one control factor with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

negotiating at least one granularity with regard to at least one antenna configuration data structure.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the negotiating at least one granularity with regard to at least one antenna configuration data structure comprises:

negotiating at least one granularity for one or more spatial location entries of the at least one antenna configuration data structure.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the negotiating at least one granularity with regard to at least one antenna configuration data structure comprises:

negotiating at least one granularity for one or more orientation position entries of the at least one antenna configuration data structure.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein the presenting at least one interface to negotiate at least one control factor with respect to the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

negotiating at least one update schedule with regard to at least one antenna configuration data structure.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the negotiating at least one update schedule with regard to at least one antenna configuration data structure comprises:

negotiating at least one temporal delta threshold with regard to the at least one antenna configuration data structure.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein the negotiating at least one update schedule with regard to at least one antenna configuration data structure comprises:

negotiating at least one physical state delta threshold with regard to the at least one antenna configuration data structure.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the negotiating at least one physical state delta threshold with regard to the at least one antenna configuration data structure comprises:

negotiating at least one spatial location delta threshold with regard to the at least one antenna configuration data structure.

35. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to negotiate if a signal bank shot factor is to be considered to use at least one antenna configuration data structure.

36. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to negotiate if a power level factor is to be considered to use at least one antenna configuration data structure.

37. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to negotiate if at least a portion of at least one antenna configuration data structure is to be downloaded on-demand or prospectively.

38. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to negotiate if at least a portion of at least one antenna configuration data structure is to be downloaded responsive to a navigational path to a destination.

39. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to determine one or more conditions that are pertinent to implementation of the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein the presenting at least one interface to determine one or more conditions that are pertinent to implementation of the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to identify one or more conditions that may be included in an antenna configuration data structure.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein the presenting at least one interface to determine one or more conditions that are pertinent to implementation of the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to determine at least one condition relating to one or more bandwidth constraints.

42. The method of claim 39, wherein the presenting at least one interface to determine one or more conditions that are pertinent to implementation of the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to determine at least one condition relating to one or more power constraints.

43. The method of claim 39, wherein the presenting at least one interface to determine one or more conditions that are pertinent to implementation of the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to determine at least one condition relating to one or more historical patterns.

44. The method of claim 39, wherein the presenting at least one interface to determine one or more conditions that are pertinent to implementation of the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to determine at least one condition relating to one or more co-existing tasks.

45. The method of claim 39, wherein the presenting at least one interface to determine one or more conditions that are pertinent to implementation of the antenna assembly configuration parameter framework comprises:

presenting at least one interface to determine at least one condition relating to one or more temporal circumstances.

46. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node comprises:

transmitting the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters to the at least one remote node.

47. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node comprises:

receiving the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters from the at least one remote node.

48. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node comprises:

downloading the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters based at least partly on at least one query provided to the at least one remote node.

8. (canceled)

16-21. -21. (canceled)

34. (canceled)

49. A device for supporting antenna assembly configuration network infrastructure, the device comprising:

circuitry for presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework; and

circuitry for communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node.

50-96. -96. (canceled)

97. An apparatus for supporting antenna assembly configuration network infrastructure, the apparatus comprising:

means for presenting at least one interface to facilitate implementation of an antenna assembly configuration parameter framework; and

means for communicating with at least one remote node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node.

98-144. -144. (canceled)