Method and system for centralized or distributed resource management in a distributed transceiver network
First Claim
1. A method of communication, the method comprising:
- in a first device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, each distributed transceiver of the first device comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas;
establishing a feedback channel between the first device and a second device to provide and negotiate configuration information;
based on the configuration information provided through the feedback channel, identifying a plurality of pairs of distributed transceivers, each pair of identified distributed transceivers comprising a transceiver from the plurality of transceivers of the first device and a transceiver from a plurality of transceivers of the second device, each distributed transceiver of the second device comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas;
for each identified pair of transceivers, identifying (i) a beam pattern for the antenna array of the distributed transceiver of the first device in the pair and (ii) a beam pattern for the antenna array of the distributed transceiver of the second device in the pair; and
based on the configuration information negotiated through the feedback channel, concurrently configuring the antenna arrays of each pair of distributed transceivers in the plurality of identified pairs of distributed transceivers to communicate a data stream between the first and second devices, each said data stream communicated between a corresponding pair of distributed transceivers utilizing the identified beam pattern for the antenna arrays of the corresponding pair of distributed transceivers.
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Abstract
A master application device comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central baseband processor, and a network management engine that manages operation of the master application device and end-user application devices. The master application device communicates data streams to the end-user devices utilizing one or more distributed transceivers selected from the plurality of distributed transceivers. The selected distributed transceivers and the end-user devices are concurrently configured by the network management engine based on corresponding link quality and propagation environment. The network management engine allocates resources to the selected distributed transceivers and the end-user devices during the data communication. The network management engine continuously monitors communication environment information to configure beamforming settings and/or antenna arrangement for the selected distributed transceivers. Beam patterns are selected for the selected distributed transceivers so as to minimize power consumption and/or based on the location and orientation information of the end-user application devices.
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1. A method of communication, the method comprising:
in a first device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, each distributed transceiver of the first device comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas; establishing a feedback channel between the first device and a second device to provide and negotiate configuration information; based on the configuration information provided through the feedback channel, identifying a plurality of pairs of distributed transceivers, each pair of identified distributed transceivers comprising a transceiver from the plurality of transceivers of the first device and a transceiver from a plurality of transceivers of the second device, each distributed transceiver of the second device comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas; for each identified pair of transceivers, identifying (i) a beam pattern for the antenna array of the distributed transceiver of the first device in the pair and (ii) a beam pattern for the antenna array of the distributed transceiver of the second device in the pair; and based on the configuration information negotiated through the feedback channel, concurrently configuring the antenna arrays of each pair of distributed transceivers in the plurality of identified pairs of distributed transceivers to communicate a data stream between the first and second devices, each said data stream communicated between a corresponding pair of distributed transceivers utilizing the identified beam pattern for the antenna arrays of the corresponding pair of distributed transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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