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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Waterloo, CA;
Ying Tong Man, Waterloo, CA;
Jason Wayne Jantzi, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BLACKBERRY LIMITED, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/061 (2013.01); H04B 1/006 (2013.01); H04B 1/0057 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04B 7/0808 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of dynamically optimizing antenna performance in a wireless sensor network is set forth, comprising scanning multiple frequency bands via successive ones of a plurality of antennae for receiving indications of signal strength at each antenna for each scanned frequency band; and selecting one of said plurality of antennae having highest signal strength over one of said multiple frequency bands for communication over said one of said multiple frequency bands.