Computing device with configurable antenna
First Claim
1. A method, executed on a computing device having a configurable antenna, for configuring the configurable antenna, the method comprising:
- identifying a value for a characteristic associated with a signal;
selecting an antenna configuration from the plurality of antenna configurations based on the identified value for the characteristic, wherein the selected antenna is associated with values for the characteristic differing from the identified value for the characteristic; and
configuring the configurable antenna in accordance with the selected antenna configuration.
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Abstract
A computing device with a configurable antenna. The antenna is configured through a switching circuit operating under software control. Operating characteristics of the antenna are configured based on connections between conducting segments established by the switching circuit, allowing the nominal frequency, bandwidth or other characteristics of the antenna to be configured. Because the switching is software controlled, the configurable antenna may be integrated with a software defined radio. The radio and antenna can be reconfigured to support communication according to different wireless technologies at different times or to interleave packets according to different wireless technologies to support concurrent sessions using different wireless technologies.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, executed on a computing device having a configurable antenna, for configuring the configurable antenna, the method comprising:
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identifying a value for a characteristic associated with a signal; selecting an antenna configuration from the plurality of antenna configurations based on the identified value for the characteristic, wherein the selected antenna is associated with values for the characteristic differing from the identified value for the characteristic; and configuring the configurable antenna in accordance with the selected antenna configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless communications system, comprising:
a configurable antenna controller including a memory and a processor that are respectively configured to store and execute instructions that; identify a value for the at least one characteristic associated with a signal, wherein the value for the at least one identified characteristic differs from criteria corresponding to any of a plurality of predefined antenna configurations; select an antenna configuration that approximates the value for the at least one identified characteristic from the plurality of predefined antenna configurations; and configure the configurable antenna in accordance with the selected antenna configuration. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing device, comprising:
a configurable antenna controller including a memory and a processor that are respectively configured to store and execute instructions that; receive a specification of a received communications signal, wherein the specification differs from parameters of records in a data structure that stores antenna configurations for the computing device; select from the data structure a record that best matches the specification; and configure the configurable antenna according to the selected record. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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