Determining the direction of a signal source
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- activating, by an apparatus, a signal measurement operation in the apparatus;
measuring, by the apparatus, signal response in an antenna system comprising two or more antennas, wherein the signal response is measured in accordance with a pattern;
after completing at least one measurement of the antenna system, altering, by the apparatus, the pattern;
measuring, by the apparatus, signal response in the antenna system in accordance with the altered pattern;
averaging, by the apparatus, the signal response measured for the antenna system in the pattern with the signal response measured for the antenna system in the altered pattern; and
providing, by the apparatus, the results of the averaging to another system in the apparatus.
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Abstract
A system for measuring signals received by an apparatus. An antenna system in the apparatus may include two or more antennas. A receiver in the apparatus may be configured to measure signal response induced in the antenna system in accordance with a pattern. After the signal response for the antenna system is measured at least once, the pattern may be altered and the signal response for the antenna system may be measured again in accordance with the altered pattern. The signal response in the antenna system measured for the pattern may then be averaged with the signal response in the antenna system measured for the altered pattern, and the average may be utilized as input to, for example, a directional determination process.
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26 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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activating, by an apparatus, a signal measurement operation in the apparatus; measuring, by the apparatus, signal response in an antenna system comprising two or more antennas, wherein the signal response is measured in accordance with a pattern; after completing at least one measurement of the antenna system, altering, by the apparatus, the pattern; measuring, by the apparatus, signal response in the antenna system in accordance with the altered pattern; averaging, by the apparatus, the signal response measured for the antenna system in the pattern with the signal response measured for the antenna system in the altered pattern; and providing, by the apparatus, the results of the averaging to another system in the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program product containing a computer executable program code, wherein the computer executable program code comprises:
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code configured to activate a signal measurement operation in an apparatus; code configured to measure signal response in an antenna system comprising two or more antennas, wherein the signal response is measured in accordance with a pattern; code configured to, after completing at least one measurement of the antenna system, alter the pattern; code configured to measure signal response in the antenna system in accordance with the altered pattern; code configured to average the signal response measured for the antenna system in the pattern with the signal response measured for the antenna system in the altered pattern; and code configured to provide the results of the averaging to another system in the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor, the processor being configured to; activate a signal measurement operation; measure signal response in an antenna system comprising two or more antennas, wherein the signal response is measured in accordance with a pattern; after completing at least one measurement of the antenna system, alter the pattern; measure signal response in the antenna system in accordance with the altered pattern; average the signal response measured for the antenna system in the pattern with the signal response measured for the antenna system in the altered pattern; and provide the results of the averaging to another system in the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for activating a signal measurement operation in the apparatus; means for measuring signal response in an antenna system comprising two or more antennas, wherein the signal response is measured in accordance with a pattern; means for, after completing at least one measurement of the antenna system, altering the pattern; means for measuring signal response in the antenna system in accordance with the altered pattern; means for averaging the signal response measured for the antenna system in the pattern with the signal response measured for the antenna system in the altered pattern; and means for providing the results of the averaging to another system in the apparatus.
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26. A system, comprising:
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an apparatus; and a signal source; the apparatus activating a signal measurement operation that measures the response in an antenna system comprising two or more antennas to a signal emitted by the signal source, wherein the signal response is measured in accordance with a pattern; after completing at least one measurement of the antenna system, the apparatus further altering the pattern and measuring the response in the antenna system to the signal emitted by the signal source in accordance with the altered pattern; and the apparatus further averaging the signal response measured for the antenna system in the pattern with the signal response measured for the antenna system in the altered pattern and determining the direction of the signal source based on the average.
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