Jurisdiction based parameter setting for wireless transceivers

• US 9,918,189 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2014
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SIGE Semiconductor Incorporated (Skyworks Solutions Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: SIGE Semiconductor Incorporated (Skyworks Solutions Incorporated)
• Inventors: Trainor, Alan, Poulin, Grant Darcy
• Primary Examiner(s): Elliott, IV, Benjamin H
• Assistant Examiner(s): MENSAH, PRINCE AKWASI
• Application Number:
  US14/172,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20140155051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,498 Days
• Field of Search: 3703102, 370338, 370349, 370401-402, 370465, 370466, 4554561-457
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Low cost semiconductor manufacturing techniques have provided consumers with a wide range of electronic devices supporting communications according to multiple standards. These electronic devices will be deployed within many operational jurisdictions, particularly with roaming features, such as Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America and North America. However, operational compliance requirements can vary substantially with these different jurisdictions. Current electronic devices are designed, manufactured, calibrated and operated according to a specification providing compliance with broad range of operational jurisdictions despite the performance limitations this applies in many of the operational jurisdictions. Accordingly, there is provided a method of dynamically configuring the electronic device based upon a geographically based determination of the operational jurisdiction from global navigation systems data received by the electronic device. Based upon the determined operational jurisdiction, the operational parameters of a device'"'"'s communication interfaces are adjusted for improving performance and efficiency of the device within these jurisdictions.

Claims

1. A method to configure a wireless electronic device for jurisdiction compliance, the method comprising:

with the wireless electronic device;

periodically receiving, with a global navigation satellite system receiver of the wireless electronic device, global location signals indicative of a physical location of the wireless electronic device;

extracting a first location signal received by the wireless electronic device, the first location signal indicative of a first physical location of the wireless electronic device;

determining, a first operational jurisdiction based on the first location signal, the first operational jurisdiction associated with a first country and having a first set of operational parameters to be used in operation of a transmitter of the wireless electronic device while the wireless electronic device is located in the first operational jurisdiction;

retrieving from a memory of the wireless electronic device the first set of operational parameters;

delaying by an adjustable delay, an extraction of a second location signal received by the wireless electronic device, the second location signal indicative of a second physical location of the wireless electronic device, the adjustable delay based on a distance of the first physical location from a jurisdictional boundary between the first operational jurisdiction and a second operational jurisdiction; and

after the adjustable delay, extracting the second location signal and determining the second operational jurisdiction for the wireless electronic device, the determination of the second operational jurisdiction based on the extracted second location signal, the second operational jurisdiction associated with a second country different from the first country and having a second set of operational parameters to be used in the operation of the transmitter while the wireless electronic device is located in the second operational jurisdiction.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining whether the first operational jurisdiction has changed based on the second physical location of the wireless electronic device as indicated by the second location signal.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising decreasing the adjustable delay when the first physical location is close to the jurisdictional boundary between the first and second operational jurisdictions.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising increasing the adjustable delay when the first physical location is far from the jurisdictional boundary between the first and second operational jurisdictions.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising enabling, based on the first operational jurisdiction, at least one of a first circuit configured to operate according to a first wireless standard and a second circuit configured to operate according to a second wireless standard.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising at least one of adjusting an output power of the transmitter, changing a driver circuit, changing a power amplifier circuit, and changing software data coding of the enabled circuit based on an operational requirement of the first operational jurisdiction.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising retrieving from a look-up table in the memory the first operational jurisdiction based on the first physical location.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising retrieving from the look-up table at least one operational requirement of the first set of operational parameters.

9. A method to configure a wireless electronic device for jurisdiction compliance, the method comprising:

with a wireless electronic device that includes a first circuit supporting data communications according to a first communications standard, a second circuit supporting data communications according to a second communications standard, a radio frequency transmitter, and a global navigation satellite system receiver configured to periodically receive global location signals indicative of a physical location of the wireless electronic device;

extracting a first location signal received by the global navigation satellite system receiver, the first location signal indicative of a first physical location of the wireless electronic device;

enabling the first circuit based at least in part on first jurisdictional parameters of a first operational jurisdiction associated with the first location signal, the first operational jurisdiction associated with a first country, the first jurisdictional parameters to be used in operation of the radio frequency transmitter while the wireless electronic device is located in the first operational jurisdiction;

delaying by an adjustable delay, an extraction of a second location signal received by the global navigation satellite system receiver, the second location signal indicative of a second physical location of the wireless electronic device, the adjustable delay based on the distance between the first physical location and a jurisdictional boundary between the first operational jurisdiction and a second operational jurisdiction; and

after the adjustable delay, extracting the second location signal and determining a second operational jurisdiction that is based on the extracted second location signal, the second operational jurisdiction associated with the second circuit and a second country, and having second jurisdictional parameters to be used in the operation of the radio frequency transmitter while the wireless electronic device is located in the second operational jurisdiction.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising determining the first operational jurisdiction based on the first physical location of the wireless electronic device as indicated by the first location signal.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising decreasing the adjustable delay when the first physical location of the wireless electronic device as indicated by the first location signal is close to the jurisdictional boundary between the first and second operational jurisdictions.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising determining whether the first operational jurisdiction has changed based on a second physical location of the wireless electronic device as indicated by the extracted second location signal.

13. A wireless electronic device for jurisdiction compliance comprising:

a global navigation satellite system receiver configured to periodically receive location signals indicative of a physical location of the wireless electronic device;

a first circuit configured to support data communications according to a first wireless communications standard, and a second circuit configured to support data communications according to a second wireless communications standard that is different from the first wireless communications standard;

a processor configured to extract a first location signal received by the global navigation satellite system receiver and to enable the first circuit based at least in part on first jurisdictional parameters of a first operational jurisdiction associated with the first location signal that is indicative of a first physical location of the wireless electronic device, the first operational jurisdiction associated with a first country; and

a transmitter configured to operate according to the first jurisdictional parameters of the first operational jurisdiction while the wireless electronic device is located in the first operational jurisdiction;

the processor further configured to delay by an adjustable delay, an extraction of a second location signal received by the global navigation satellite system receiver, the second location signal indicative of a second physical location of the wireless device, the adjustable delay based on the distance between the first physical location and a jurisdictional boundary between the first operational jurisdiction and a second operational jurisdiction, after the adjustable delay, the processor further configured to extract the second location signal and to determine a second operational jurisdiction associated with the extracted second location signal, the second operational jurisdiction associated with the second circuit and a second country, and having a second set of operational parameters to be used in the operation of the transmitter while the wireless electronic device is located in the second operational jurisdiction.

14. The wireless electronic device of claim 13 wherein the adjustable delay decreases when the first physical location of the wireless electronic device as indicated by the first location signal is close to the jurisdictional boundary between the first and second operational jurisdictions.

15. The wireless electronic device of claim 13 wherein the adjustable delay increases when the first physical location of the wireless electronic device as indicated by the first location signal is far from the jurisdictional boundary between the first and second operational jurisdictions.

16. The wireless electronic device of claim 13 further comprising memory storing a look-up table that includes the first and second jurisdictional parameters.