Systems and methods for location-based tuning

• US 9,826,364 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2015
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Iyengar, Pranav, Banthia, Ashish, Mofidi, Mahbod
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US14/857,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20160295370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561, 455 412, 455406, 4555521, 4554565
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties

Abstract

A method for wireless communication by a wireless communication device is described. The method includes receiving geographic location information. The method also includes querying a geographic location tuning database for tuning parameter values corresponding with the geographic location information. The method further includes determining one or more tuning parameters to change based on the tuning parameter values. The method additionally includes adjusting an antenna for inductively coupled communication with a reader device according to the determined tuning parameters.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication by a wireless communication device, comprising,

receiving geographic location information;

sending a message to a reader device indicating support for tuning an antenna for inductively coupled communication based on the geographic location information;

querying a geographic location tuning database for near-field communication (NFC) tuning parameter values corresponding with the geographic location information;

determining one or more NFC tuning parameters to change based on the NFC tuning parameter values; and

adjusting an antenna for inductively coupled communication according to the determined NFC tuning parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location information is received in at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal, a wireless wide area network (WWAN) signal, or a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location information is received in a non-standardized message sent by the reader device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the non-standardized message includes geographic location coordinates of the reader device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the non-standardized message includes a unique signature associated with the reader device from which the geographic location information of the reader device is determined.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the non-standardized message is received in response to sending a poll response to the reader device, wherein the non-standardized message is sent using NFC technology identified by the poll response.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the non-standardized message comprises a packet that includes a command code byte that identifies the packet as a non-standardized packet from the reader device, one or more bytes that include the geographic location information, and one or more bytes with cyclic redundancy check information for the identified NFC technology.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the message comprises a non-standardized response to the non-standardized message sent by the reader device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the non-standardized response comprises a packet that includes a command code byte that identifies the packet as a non-standardized packet from the wireless communication device, one or more bytes that include an acknowledgment (ACK) response, and one or more bytes with cyclic redundancy check information for the identified NFC technology.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location information is received via a combination of a GPS signal and a non-standardized message, wherein the GPS signal is used by default to obtain the geographic location information, and the non-standardized message is used to obtain the geographic location information if the GPS signal is not available.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein querying the geographic location tuning database comprises receiving at least one of a target receive (RX) frequency, a target transmit (TX) frequency, an initiator RX frequency, an initiator TX frequency and/or load modulation ON/OFF impedance for a region indicated by the geographic location information.

12. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions executable by the processor to;

receive geographic location information;

send a message to a reader device indicating support for tuning an antenna for inductively coupled communication based on the geographic location information;

query a geographic location tuning database for near-field communication (NFC) tuning parameter values corresponding with the geographic location information;

determine one or more NFC tuning parameters to change based on the NFC tuning parameter values; and

adjust an antenna for inductively coupled communication according to the determined NFC tuning parameters.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the geographic location information is received in at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal, a wireless wide area network (WWAN) signal, or a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the geographic location information is received in a non-standardized message sent by the reader device.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 14, wherein the non-standardized message includes geographic location coordinates of the reader device.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 14, wherein the non-standardized message includes a unique signature associated with the reader device from which the geographic location information of the reader device is determined.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 14, wherein the non-standardized message is received in response to sending a poll response to the reader device, wherein the non-standardized message is sent using NFC technology identified by the poll response.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the non-standardized message comprises a packet that includes a command code byte that identifies the packet as a non-standardized packet from the reader device, one or more bytes that include the geographic location information, and one or more bytes with cyclic redundancy check information for the identified NFC technology.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 14, wherein the instructions executable to send the message comprise instructions executable to send a non-standardized response to the non-standardized message sent by the reader device.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 19, wherein the non-standardized response comprises a packet that includes a command code byte that identifies the packet as a non-standardized packet from the wireless communication device, one or more bytes that include an acknowledgment (ACK) response, and one or more bytes with cyclic redundancy check information for the identified NFC technology.

21. The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the geographic location information is received via a combination of a GPS signal and a non-standardized message, wherein the GPS signal is used by default to obtain the geographic location information, and the non-standardized message is used to obtain the geographic location information if the GPS signal is not available.

22. A method for wireless communication by a reader device, comprising, sending a non-standardized message that includes geographic location information to a wireless communication device;

receiving a message from the wireless communication device indicating support for tuning an antenna for inductively coupled communication using near-field communication (NFC) tuning parameter values corresponding to the geographic location information based on the non-standardized message;

turning off a magnetic field of the reader device for a period of time sufficient to allow the wireless communication device to tune its antenna according to the geographic location information included in the non-standardized message; and

turning on the magnetic field after the period of time to perform an NFC transaction with the wireless communication device.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the non-standardized message includes geographic location coordinates of the reader device.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the non-standardized message includes a unique signature associated with the reader device from which the geographic location information of the reader device is determined.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the non-standardized message is sent in response to receiving a poll response from the wireless communication device, wherein the non-standardized message is sent using an NFC technology identified by the poll response.

26. A reader device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions executable by the processor to;

send a non-standardized message that includes geographic location information to a wireless communication device;

receive a message from the wireless communication device indicating support for tuning an antenna for inductively coupled communication using near-field communication (NFC) tuning parameter values corresponding to the geographic location information based on the non-standardized message;

turn off a magnetic field of the reader device for a period of time sufficient to allow the wireless communication device to tune its antenna according to the geographic location information included in the non-standardized message; and

turn on the magnetic field after the period of time to perform an NFC transaction with the wireless communication device.

27. The reader device of claim 26, wherein the non-standardized message includes geographic location coordinates of the reader device.

28. The reader device of claim 26, wherein the non-standardized message includes a unique signature associated with the reader device from which the geographic location information of the reader device is determined.

29. The reader device of claim 26, wherein the non-standardized message is sent in response to receiving a poll response from the wireless communication device, wherein the non-standardized message is sent using an NFC technology identified by the poll response.