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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Warterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Michael Peter Montemurro, Mississauga, CA;

Khaled Lakhdhar, Atlanta, GA (US);

Stephen McCann, Southampton, GB;

Lizhong Zhu, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/23 (2015.01); H04B 17/373 (2015.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/18 (2013.01); H04B 17/23 (2015.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/373 (2015.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and method pertaining to the calculation of at least one value that represents, at least in part, wireless reception signal strength from the perspective of both a local wireless receiver and a remote receiver that receives wireless transmissions from a local wireless transmitter. By one approach the apparatus directly determines the wireless reception signal strength from the perspective of the local wireless receiver and indirectly determines the wireless reception signal strength from the perspective of the remote receiver.


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