Portable wireless node local cooperation

• US 9,681,311 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2013
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S
• Application Number:
  US13/945,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20140349630A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,426 Days
• Field of Search: 370254, 370334, 370339
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/026 Co-operative diversity, e.g. using fixed or mobile stations as relays
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for local cooperation between or among portable wireless nodes. For certain example embodiments, at least one device, such as a portable wireless node: (i) may identify at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture; or (ii) may communicate with at least one cooperative portable wireless node to share one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are associated with at least one orientation position of at least one portable wireless node. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of at least one anticipated communication;

circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication;

circuitry configured for selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially based on at least one wavelength of at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture;

circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication; and

circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for announcing an intention to participate in the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for announcing an intention to participate in the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture comprises:

circuitry configured for providing to the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at least one indication of device information for a portable wireless node, the at least one indication of device information including at least one indication of frequency capability of the portable wireless node.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for detecting at least one announcement of an intention to participate in the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication, the at least one announcement sent from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at least one request for one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at least one request for one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node the at least one request for one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters via at least one local wireless connection that uses at least one frequency other than a frequency matching at least one wavelength related to at least one antenna of the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at least one request for one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node the at least one request that at least references at least one spatial location.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying the at least one cooperative portable wireless node using at least one remote node.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry configured for identifying the at least one cooperative portable wireless node using at least one remote node comprises:

circuitry configured for contacting the at least one remote node to ascertain at least one identity of the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying the at least one cooperative portable wireless node as corresponding to at least one compatible antenna assembly configuration parameter, including at least identifying the at least one cooperative portable wireless node as capable of communicating via at least one frequency matched to at least one wavelength related to at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for announcing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters that are at least one of possessed or desired.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for communicating locally with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node to share the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters, including at least communicating via at least one frequency other than a frequency indicated by the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for sharing one or more indications of at least one of one or more phased array values, one or more resonant frequency adjustor control values, or one or more antenna element subsets associated with at least one orientation position of the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for sharing one or more indications of how to utilize at least one antenna assembly so as to form a beam in at least one particular direction with one or more indications associated with at least one orientation position of the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more indications of how to utilize at least one antenna assembly so as to form a beam in at least one particular direction with one or more indications associated with at least one orientation position of the at least one cooperative portable wireless node comprises:

circuitry configured for uni-directionally sharing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for detecting at least one signal from the at least one cooperative portable wireless node to engage in at least one bank shot.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for communicating sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for indicating a willingness to engage in at least one bank shot with at least one wireless node.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for negotiating one or more characteristics of at least one bank shot.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein circuitry configured for negotiating one or more characteristics of at least one bank shot comprises:

circuitry configured for negotiating one or more of at least one direction, at least one frequency, or at least one timing for the at least one bank shot.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for extracting at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter from at least one antenna configuration data structure for at least one bank shot.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein circuitry configured for extracting at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter from at least one antenna configuration data structure for at least one bank shot comprises:

circuitry configured for extracting the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter at least partially based on at least one bank shot field of the at least one antenna configuration data structure.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for accessing at least one map to determine at least one bank shot.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein circuitry configured for accessing at least one map to determine at least one bank shot comprises:

circuitry configured for accessing at least one map that includes one or more reflectivity coefficients to determine the at least one bank shot.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for engaging in at least one bank shot to avoid one or more of at least one obstacle or at least one predicted obstacle.

25. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured for communicating with another wireless node via at least one intentional signal reflection.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for controlling one or more of at least one communication timing or at least one beam attribute of at least one other portable wireless node.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters and at least partially based on at least one portable wireless node velocity aspect.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters and at least partially based on at least one portable wireless node velocity aspect comprises:

circuitry configured for altering the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially based on a determination that the at least one cooperative portable wireless node is substantially stationary.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one direction to aim at least one beam at a particular portable wireless node based at least partly on transmissions of multiple beams having multiple respective indicators.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one direction to aim at least one beam at a particular portable wireless node based at least partly on sweeping beam transmissions along a horizontal path and slicing beam transmissions along a vertical path.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for receiving, the circuitry configured for identifying, the circuitry configured for selecting, the circuitry configured for sharing, and the circuitry configured for controlling are effected within the system.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for receiving, the circuitry configured for identifying, the circuitry configured for selecting, the circuitry configured for sharing, and the circuitry configured for controlling are effected within at least one other node.

33. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured for facilitating the at least one anticipated communication utilizing the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication subsequent to the controlling of the at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters shared with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via the at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency outside of at least one frequency band matching at least one antenna of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency outside of at least one frequency band matching at least one antenna of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture, the at least one frequency band matching the at least one antenna of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture including at least the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication; and

wherein circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters includes at least;

circuitry configured for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters; and

circuitry configured for facilitating the at least one anticipated communication utilizing the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication.

36. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of at least one anticipated communication comprises:

circuitry configured for detecting loss of at least one directionality of the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture, the loss of at least one directionality of the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture associated with reduced ability to communicate wirelessly with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at a throughput associated with at least one frequency band matching at least one antenna of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein circuitry configured for detecting loss of at least one directionality of the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture, the loss of at least one directionality of the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture associated with reduced ability to communicate wirelessly with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node at a throughput associated with at least one frequency band matching at least one antenna of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture comprises:

circuitry configured for adjusting at least one frequency to at least one frequency outside the at least one frequency band matching at least one antenna of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture to adjust the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture via the adjusted at least one frequency outside the at least one frequency band matching at least one antenna of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in response to detecting the loss of the at least one directionality of the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

38. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially based on at least one wavelength of at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture comprises:

circuitry configured for selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially via matching the at least one frequency with at least one related wavelength of at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein circuitry configured for selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially via matching the at least one frequency with at least one related wavelength of at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture comprises:

circuitry configured for selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially via matching the at least one frequency with at least one wavelength of one or more of at least one half-wave antenna, at least one quarter-wave antenna, or at least one eighth-wave antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

40. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially based on at least one wavelength of at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture comprises:

circuitry configured for selecting at least one first frequency, the at least one first frequency intended for the at least one anticipated communication and matched with the at least one related wavelength of the at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture; and

wherein circuitry configured for sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication includes at least;

circuitry configured for sharing the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one second frequency, the at least one second frequency other than the at least one first frequency and unmatched with the at least one related wavelength of the at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture.

41. A method, comprising:

receiving at least one indication of at least one anticipated communication;

identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication;

selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially based on at least one wavelength of at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture;

sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication; and

controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters.

42. A system, comprising:

a computing device; and

one or more instructions which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform one or more operations including at least;

receiving at least one indication of at least one anticipated communication;

identifying at least one cooperative portable wireless node to participate in an antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture in association with the at least one anticipated communication;

selecting at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication at least partially based on at least one wavelength of at least one antenna associated with the antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture;

sharing one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters with the at least one cooperative portable wireless node via at least one frequency other than the selected at least one frequency for the at least one anticipated communication; and

controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one antenna assembly configuration parameter architecture at least partially based on the one or more antenna assembly configuration parameters.