Method and system for a distributed configurable transceiver architecture and implementation
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- in a communication device comprising a plurality of hardware modules, each hardware module comprising a transceiver comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas, each antenna connected to a low noise amplifier (LNA);
configuring the transceiver of each hardware module to;
receive radio frequency (RF) signals comprising first and second data streams (i) at a first LNA of the transceiver from a first antenna in the antenna array of the transceiver and (ii) at a second LNA of the transceiver from a second antenna in the antenna array of the transceiver;
send, from the first LNA, the received RF signals to first and second phase shifters of the transceiver;
send, from the second LNA, the received RF signals to third and fourth phase shifters of the transceiver;
receive at a first RF combiner of the transceiver, outputs of the first and third phase shifters;
receive at a second RF combiner of the transceiver, outputs of the second and fourth phase shifters;
convert, at a first RF to intermediate frequency (IF) converter of the transceiver, RF signals received from the first RF combiner into IF signals; and
convert, at a second RF to IF converter of the transceiver, RF signals received from the second RF combiner into IF signals;
configuring a first IF combiner of the communication device to receive IF signals (i) from the first RF to IF converter of the transceiver of a first hardware module in the plurality of hardware modules and (ii) from the first RF to IF converter of the transceiver of a second hardware module in the plurality of hardware modules;
configuring a second IF combiner of the communication device to receive IF signals (i) from the second RF to IF converter of the transceiver of the first hardware module and (ii) from the second RF to IF converter of the transceiver of the second hardware module; and
configuring the first and second IF combiners to send the IF signals for decoding the first and second data streams to a processor of the communication device.
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Abstract
In communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays, a first distributed transceiver is configured to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams and a second distributed transceiver is configured to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams. One or more components within a transmit processing chain of the first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the second distributed transceiver are adjusted to maximize beamforming gain for the one or more first data streams and/or second data streams. A phase of the one or more first data streams and/or the one or more second data streams may be adjusted by the one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the first distributed transceiver and/or the one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the second distributed transceiver.
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26 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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in a communication device comprising a plurality of hardware modules, each hardware module comprising a transceiver comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas, each antenna connected to a low noise amplifier (LNA); configuring the transceiver of each hardware module to; receive radio frequency (RF) signals comprising first and second data streams (i) at a first LNA of the transceiver from a first antenna in the antenna array of the transceiver and (ii) at a second LNA of the transceiver from a second antenna in the antenna array of the transceiver; send, from the first LNA, the received RF signals to first and second phase shifters of the transceiver; send, from the second LNA, the received RF signals to third and fourth phase shifters of the transceiver; receive at a first RF combiner of the transceiver, outputs of the first and third phase shifters; receive at a second RF combiner of the transceiver, outputs of the second and fourth phase shifters; convert, at a first RF to intermediate frequency (IF) converter of the transceiver, RF signals received from the first RF combiner into IF signals; and convert, at a second RF to IF converter of the transceiver, RF signals received from the second RF combiner into IF signals; configuring a first IF combiner of the communication device to receive IF signals (i) from the first RF to IF converter of the transceiver of a first hardware module in the plurality of hardware modules and (ii) from the first RF to IF converter of the transceiver of a second hardware module in the plurality of hardware modules; configuring a second IF combiner of the communication device to receive IF signals (i) from the second RF to IF converter of the transceiver of the first hardware module and (ii) from the second RF to IF converter of the transceiver of the second hardware module; and configuring the first and second IF combiners to send the IF signals for decoding the first and second data streams to a processor of the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication device, comprising:
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a plurality of hardware modules, each hardware module comprising a transceiver comprising (i) an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas, (ii) a plurality of low noise amplifiers (LNAs), (iii) a plurality of phase shifters, (iv) a plurality of radio frequency (RF) combiners, and (v) a plurality of RF to IF converters; a plurality of intermediate frequency (IF) combiners comprising first and second IF combiners; and a processor, wherein the transceiver of each hardware module is configured to; receive radio frequency (RF) signals comprising first and second data streams (i) at a first LNA of the transceiver from a first antenna in the antenna array of the transceiver and (ii) at a second LNA of the transceiver from a second antenna in the antenna array of the transceiver; send, from the first LNA, the received RF signals to first and second phase shifters of the transceiver; send, from the second LNA, the received RF signals to third and fourth phase shifters of the transceiver; receive at a first RF combiner of the transceiver, outputs of the first and third phase shifters; receive at a second RF combiner of the transceiver, outputs of the second and fourth phase shifters; convert, at a first RF to intermediate frequency (IF) converter of the transceiver, RF signals received from the first RF combiner into IF signals; and convert, at a second RF to IF converter of the transceiver, RF signals received from the second RF combiner into IF signals; wherein the first IF combiner is configured to receive IF signals (i) from the first RF to IF converter of the transceiver of a first hardware module in the plurality of hardware modules and (ii) from the first RF to IF converter of the transceiver of a second hardware module in the plurality of hardware modules; wherein the second IF combiner is configured to receive IF signals (i) from the second RF to IF converter of the transceiver of the first hardware module and (ii) from the second RF to IF converter of the transceiver of the second hardware module; and wherein the processor is configured to (i) receive the IF signals of the first and second data streams from the first and second IF combiners and (ii) decode the received IF signals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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