Qualcomm Incorporated

Mahbod Mofidi

Magnus Olov Wiklund

Salvatore Pennisi

Ashish Banthia

Arild Torvaldson Kolsrud

Xiao Deng

Alireza Mohammadian

Ara Bicakci

Vincent So

Michael Kohlmann

RaviKiran Gopalan

Stephen Frankland

Pranav Iyengar

Eunmo Kang

Emanuele Lopelli

Yoshiro Fukuoka

Paul Denboer

Steven Jones

John R Saad, Jr

Alberto Salcedo

Paul Brandon Butler

Charles Wang

Pravin Patil

Vikram Meka

Kritarth Yudhish

Bakhtiyar Neymanov

Marcus Noland Funk

Anthony Planinac

Arild Kolsrud

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may include a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor may be configured to determine a retransmission rate associated with retransmission of one or more packets by the communications device. The at least one processor may be configured to determine a measurement associated with antenna gain of at least one antenna of the apparatus. The at least one processor may be configured to adjust a transmission power of the apparatus based on the retransmission rate and based on the measurement.

Mitigating spectral emission conditions for high transmission output power during degraded antenna peak gain

A wireless communication device is described. The wireless communication device includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by the processor to detect a signal degradation indication for a radio frequency (RF) signal. The instructions are also executable by the processor to cause a switch to select a combination of a first matching network and a second matching network coupled to an antenna in response to detecting the signal degradation indication.

Systems and methods for antenna tuning

Exemplary systems, apparatus, and methods described herein may improve a scan process for near field communications, such as IEEE 802.15.4. The improvements may include, during the scan process, performing one of increasing a current of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)/digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) of a second wireless device, reducing a bandwidth of a phased locked loop, increasing the bandwidth of the phased locked loop, changing a reference frequency of the phased locked loop, or dithering the reference frequency.

Scanning performance

A wireless communication device is described. The wireless communication device includes a transmit/receive (T/R) switch that is configured with an antenna port coupled to an antenna, a transmitter port coupled to a transmitter and a receiver port coupled to a receiver. The T/R switch selectively connects the transmitter port to the antenna port or the receiver port to the antenna port. The wireless communication device also includes a T/R switch controller that sets the T/R switch to disconnect the transmitter from the antenna when the transmitter is actively transmitting in a high insertion loss mode to reduce power from the transmitter to the antenna.

Systems and methods for reducing transmit and receive power via a T/R switch

A method for performing near-field communication (NFC)-type operations in the far-field region using a repurposed antenna is described. The method includes determining whether to perform NFC-type operations in a near-field mode or a far-field mode. The method further includes performing NFC-type operations outside a near-field region using a repurposed antenna when in the far-field mode.

Systems and methods for far-field communication using a repurposed antenna

A method for reducing transmission interference is described. The method includes determining that an FM receiver is turned on. The method also includes determining that the FM receiver is tuned to an FM channel experiencing interference from an induction-based communication transmitter. The method further includes adjusting a transmit frequency of the induction-based communication transmitter by a temporary frequency shift.

Systems and methods for reducing transmission interference

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.

Systems and methods for location-based tuning

An example phase-locked loop (PLL) includes a digital filter, an oscillator, and a time-to-digital converter (TDC). The digital filter is configured to sample at a discrete time that is responsive to a reference clock signal received at the digital filter. The oscillator is coupled to the digital filter and configured to generate an output signal of the PLL. The TDC is coupled to the oscillator to determine a phase difference between the output signal and the reference clock signal. The TDC also provides a time signal to the digital filter that is based on the phase difference and is representative of an instantaneous rate of operation of the PLL. The digital filter is further configured to adjust a response characteristic of the digital filter according to the time signal.

Dynamic adjustment of a response characteristic of a phase-locked loop digital filter

Systems and methods are disclosed that may detect a likely presence of a narrow band signal in the presence of wide-band interference without powering up a wireless receiver. A wireless device may receive a wireless signal, measure a first energy level in a first frequency band associated with an expected frequency band of the narrow band wireless signal, measure a second energy level in a second frequency band that is offset from and non-overlapping with the first frequency band, and determine whether a difference between the first energy level and the second energy level exceeds a threshold. A wireless receiver of the wireless device may be powered up based at least in part on the difference between the first energy level and the second energy level exceeding the threshold.

Detecting narrow band signals in wide-band interference

A method for communications is described. The method includes determining a symbol timing drift elimination amount for a received signal. The method further includes eliminating part of the symbol timing drift by adjusting a reference clock for the modem. Determining the symbol timing drift elimination amount may be based on at least one of a symbol timing drift estimate, a symbol timing error, a packet acquisition indicator, a packet validity indicator, demodulated bits or a carrier presence indicator.

Systems and methods for symbol time tracking

A method for inductively coupled communication is described. The method includes applying a carrier signal at a carrier frequency to an antenna circuit. The antenna circuit includes an antenna and a matching network that resonate at a resonant frequency. The method also includes measuring a looped-back signal over a range of impedance values. The looped-back signal includes the carrier signal received by a receiver coupled to the antenna circuit. The method further includes setting a calibrated impedance as an impedance configuration that produces a resonance peak in the looped-back signal.

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