Method and system for a distributed configurable transceiver architecture and implementation
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- in a communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers, each distributed transceiver comprising a corresponding antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas;
in a first mode of operation, configuring a first distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to;
receive a first data stream in an intermediate frequency;
convert a frequency of the first data stream from the intermediate frequency to a radio frequency; and
transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency;
in the first mode of operation, configuring a second distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to;
receive a second data stream in the intermediate frequency;
convert a frequency of the second data stream from the intermediate frequency to said radio frequency; and
transmit signals comprising the second data stream through the antenna array of the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency;
in a second mode of operation configuring the first distributed transceiver to;
receive the first data stream in the intermediate frequency;
convert the frequency of the first data stream from the intermediate frequency to said radio frequency;
send the first data stream to the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and
transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and
in the second mode of operation configuring the second distributed transceiver to;
receive the first data stream from the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and
transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency,wherein in the first mode of operation (i) the first distributed transceiver selects and transmits the first data stream and (ii) the second distributed transceiver selects and transmits the second data stream,wherein in the second mode of operation the first and second distributed transceivers select and transmit the first data stream.
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Abstract
In communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays, a first distributed transceiver is configured to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams and a second distributed transceiver is configured to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams. One or more components within a transmit processing chain of the first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the second distributed transceiver are adjusted to maximize beamforming gain for the one or more first data streams and/or second data streams. A phase of the one or more first data streams and/or the one or more second data streams may be adjusted by the one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the first distributed transceiver and/or the one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the second distributed transceiver.
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28 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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in a communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers, each distributed transceiver comprising a corresponding antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas; in a first mode of operation, configuring a first distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to; receive a first data stream in an intermediate frequency; convert a frequency of the first data stream from the intermediate frequency to a radio frequency; and transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; in the first mode of operation, configuring a second distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to; receive a second data stream in the intermediate frequency; convert a frequency of the second data stream from the intermediate frequency to said radio frequency; and transmit signals comprising the second data stream through the antenna array of the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; in a second mode of operation configuring the first distributed transceiver to; receive the first data stream in the intermediate frequency; convert the frequency of the first data stream from the intermediate frequency to said radio frequency; send the first data stream to the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and in the second mode of operation configuring the second distributed transceiver to; receive the first data stream from the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency, wherein in the first mode of operation (i) the first distributed transceiver selects and transmits the first data stream and (ii) the second distributed transceiver selects and transmits the second data stream, wherein in the second mode of operation the first and second distributed transceivers select and transmit the first data stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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6. A communication device, comprising:
a plurality of distributed transceivers, each distributed transceiver comprising a corresponding antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas, the communication device configured to; configure, in a first mode of operation, a first distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to; receive a first data stream in an intermediate frequency; convert a frequency of the first data stream from the intermediate frequency to said radio frequency; and transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; configure, in the first mode of operation, a second distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to; receive a second data stream in the intermediate frequency; convert a frequency of the second data stream from the intermediate frequency to said radio frequency; and transmit signals comprising the second data stream through the antenna array of the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; configure, in a second mode of operation, the first distributed transceiver to; receive the first data stream in the intermediate frequency; convert the frequency of the first data stream from the intermediate frequency to said radio frequency; send the first data stream to the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and configure, in the second mode of operation, the second distributed transceiver to; receive the first data stream from the first distributed transceiver at said radio frequency; and transmit signals comprising the first data stream through the antenna array of the second distributed transceiver at said radio frequency, wherein in the first mode of operation (i) the first distributed transceiver selects and transmits the first data stream and (ii) the second distributed transceiver selects and transmits the second data stream, wherein in the second mode of operation the first and second distributed transceivers select and transmit the first data stream. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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