Method and apparatus for radio antenna frequency tuning
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a system of a wireless communication device, a usage condition associated with operation of the wireless communication device, the usage condition being obtained by a processor of the wireless communication device;
selecting, by the system, a first subset of use cases from a group of use cases based on the usage condition;
determining, by the system, a first operational parameter associated with a transceiver of the wireless communication device, the first operational parameter being determined from first parametric measurements collected during the operation of the wireless communication device, wherein the first operational parameter is not an operational mode of the wireless communication device and is not a wireless protocol;
selecting, by the system, a target use case from among the first subset of use cases based on the first operational parameter;
tuning, by the system, an impedance matching network of the wireless communication device based on the target use case;
determining, by the system, a second operational parameter associated with the transceiver, the second operational parameter being determined from second parametric measurements collected during the operation of the wireless communication device, wherein the second operational parameter is not the operational mode of the wireless communication device and is not the wireless protocol;
comparing, by the system, the second operational parameter to a threshold; and
selecting, by the system, a second subset of use cases from the group of use cases responsive to a determination that the second operational parameter does not satisfy the threshold,wherein the first and second operational parameters are different.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which can include computer instructions to determine a subset of use cases from a group of use cases stored in a memory of a communication device, and to determine a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on an operational parameter associated with a transceiver of the communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining, by a system of a wireless communication device, a usage condition associated with operation of the wireless communication device, the usage condition being obtained by a processor of the wireless communication device; selecting, by the system, a first subset of use cases from a group of use cases based on the usage condition; determining, by the system, a first operational parameter associated with a transceiver of the wireless communication device, the first operational parameter being determined from first parametric measurements collected during the operation of the wireless communication device, wherein the first operational parameter is not an operational mode of the wireless communication device and is not a wireless protocol; selecting, by the system, a target use case from among the first subset of use cases based on the first operational parameter; tuning, by the system, an impedance matching network of the wireless communication device based on the target use case; determining, by the system, a second operational parameter associated with the transceiver, the second operational parameter being determined from second parametric measurements collected during the operation of the wireless communication device, wherein the second operational parameter is not the operational mode of the wireless communication device and is not the wireless protocol; comparing, by the system, the second operational parameter to a threshold; and selecting, by the system, a second subset of use cases from the group of use cases responsive to a determination that the second operational parameter does not satisfy the threshold, wherein the first and second operational parameters are different. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor of a communication device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a subset of use cases from a group of use cases stored in a memory of the communication device, the subset of use cases being identified based on a usage condition of the communication device; adjusting a matching network of the communication device based on tuning states corresponding to each of the subset of use cases; obtaining a group of operational parameters via parametric measurements for each tuning state change between the tuning states corresponding to each of the subset of use cases, wherein the group of operational parameters include multiple operational parameters obtained at each of the tuning states at different times during an ordered sequence of sampling; averaging the multiple operational parameters corresponding to each of the tuning states to identify an average operational parameter for each tuning state; and determining a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on a determination as to which of the average operational parameters correlates with a desired performance goal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A matching network for a communication device, the matching network comprising:
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an impedance matching circuit connectable with an antenna of the communication device, the impedance matching circuit comprising one or more variable components; and a controller connectable with the impedance matching circuit, wherein the controller performs operations comprising; selecting a subset of use cases from a group of use cases based on a usage condition of the communication device and based on instructions received from a base station; determining an operational parameter associated with a transceiver of the communication device, the operational parameter being determined by collecting multiple parametric measurements for each tuning state corresponding to each of the subset of use cases during the operation of the communication device; selecting a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on an averaging of select ones of the multiple parametric measurements; and adjusting the one or more variable components based on the target use case to tune the impedance matching circuit. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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