Intelligent interface for controlling an adaptive antenna array
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1. A wireless device, comprising:
- an antenna control interface integrated with other functional circuits of the device, the antenna control interface comprising;
a plurality of inputs, wherein each input is configured to receive a configuration signal from a particular associated antenna of an adaptive antenna array and wherein each configuration signal has either a first state indicating a presence of an associated particular antenna or a second state indicating an absence of an associated particular antenna; and
a plurality of outputs, wherein each output is configured to provide a control signal to an associated antenna of the adaptive antenna array, andwherein the determination of the control signal for an associated antenna is based upon the received configuration signals for each particular antenna.
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Abstract
An antenna control interface is integrated with common integrated circuit components, such as radio transceiver or baseband modem signal processing control logic. The antenna control interface controls the operation of an adaptive antenna array used with wireless communication system devices.
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19 Claims
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1. A wireless device, comprising:
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an antenna control interface integrated with other functional circuits of the device, the antenna control interface comprising; a plurality of inputs, wherein each input is configured to receive a configuration signal from a particular associated antenna of an adaptive antenna array and wherein each configuration signal has either a first state indicating a presence of an associated particular antenna or a second state indicating an absence of an associated particular antenna; and a plurality of outputs, wherein each output is configured to provide a control signal to an associated antenna of the adaptive antenna array, and wherein the determination of the control signal for an associated antenna is based upon the received configuration signals for each particular antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An antenna control system, comprising:
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an adaptive antenna array including a plurality of antennas; and an antenna control interface in communication with the adaptive antenna array, wherein the antenna control interface is configured to receive a configuration signal associated with a state of each of the plurality of antennas, determine a control signal for the antenna array based upon the received configuration signals associated with each of the plurality of antennas, and configure the adaptive antenna array by outputting an associated control signal for each of the plurality of antennas in the adaptive antenna array.
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