Methods and apparatus for mitigating interference in aggressive form factor designs
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1. A wireless enabled user device comprising:
- a first wireless interface comprising at least a time shared antenna with a second wireless interface, the first wireless interface operative in a first frequency band;
the second wireless interface disposed proximate the first wireless interface within the wireless enabled user device and operative in a substantially overlapping frequency band with the first frequency band, the second wireless interface comprising a plurality of antennas; and
logic in communication with at least one of the first and second wireless interfaces, the logic configured to;
determine at least one priority of concurrent first and second tasks to be performed by the first and second wireless interfaces, respectively;
adjust operation of the time shared antenna based on the at least one determined priority so as to achieve at least one of;
(i) mitigated radio interference; and
/or (ii) enhanced data throughput;
allocate one or more tasks of the second wireless interface to be handled by particular ones of the plurality of antennas based at least in part on the adjusted operation; and
assign the first wireless interface to operate at a particular channel on the time shared antenna when the second wireless interface is operating at a particular frequency on at least one of the plurality of antennas.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for mitigation of radio interference between two or more wireless concurrently operating interfaces in a wireless device having an aggressive form factor. In one embodiment, the interfaces are used for different tasks (e.g., WLAN for data and PAN for human interface devices), and the device includes logic configured to evaluate the priority of the tasks and adjust the operation of one or more of the interfaces accordingly.
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1. A wireless enabled user device comprising:
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a first wireless interface comprising at least a time shared antenna with a second wireless interface, the first wireless interface operative in a first frequency band; the second wireless interface disposed proximate the first wireless interface within the wireless enabled user device and operative in a substantially overlapping frequency band with the first frequency band, the second wireless interface comprising a plurality of antennas; and logic in communication with at least one of the first and second wireless interfaces, the logic configured to; determine at least one priority of concurrent first and second tasks to be performed by the first and second wireless interfaces, respectively; adjust operation of the time shared antenna based on the at least one determined priority so as to achieve at least one of;
(i) mitigated radio interference; and
/or (ii) enhanced data throughput;allocate one or more tasks of the second wireless interface to be handled by particular ones of the plurality of antennas based at least in part on the adjusted operation; and assign the first wireless interface to operate at a particular channel on the time shared antenna when the second wireless interface is operating at a particular frequency on at least one of the plurality of antennas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless interface comprising:
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a transmission device comprising a plurality of antennas; and processing logic in operative communication with the transmission device, the processing logic configured to run one or more computer programs thereon, the one or more computer programs comprising a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed, cause the wireless interface to; query priority logic, the priority logic configured to select a priority scheme associated with execution of one or more tasks by the wireless interface, the selected priority scheme configured to allocate a particular one or more of the plurality of antennas of the wireless interface to handle specified tasks, where unspecified tasks are allocated to remaining ones of the plurality of antennas; and based at least in part on the selected priority scheme, adjust one or more operational parameters used in the execution of the one or more tasks; wherein the priority scheme is selected to optimize data throughput of the wireless interface and at least one other wireless interface with overlapping spectral usage. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of managing interference during operation of at least two wireless interfaces with overlapping spectral usage, the method comprising:
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determining a plurality of priorities corresponding to a plurality of tasks that are scheduled to be simultaneously executed, the plurality of tasks being associated with respective ones of the at least two wireless interfaces; and based on the determined plurality of priorities, altering the execution of at least one of the plurality of tasks by at least assigning particular ones of a plurality of antennas of one of the at least two wireless interfaces to handle tasks associated with particular ones of the determined plurality of priorities; wherein the altered execution reduces a resource interference for the at least two wireless interfaces with overlapping spectral usage; wherein the act of determination further comprises determining physical isolation characteristics of the plurality of antennas in both an open mode and a closed mode; and wherein when in the closed mode one of the at least two wireless interfaces is still active. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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