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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lei Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Peter M. Agboh, Burlingame, CA (US);

Xiaojun Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Qiyang Wu, Fremont, CA (US);

Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Cupertino, CA (US);

Mohit Narang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 1/44 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0814 (2013.01); H04B 1/44 (2013.01); H04B 7/0604 (2013.01); H04B 7/0608 (2013.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 5/1461 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless communication device includes a number of radio-frequency (RF) antennas and one or more radio circuits. Each radio circuit includes a receive (RX) chain to process RX signals and a transmit (TX) chain to process TX signals. An RF switch network couples at least one RF antenna to at least one radio circuit. A baseband processor controls a configuration of the RF switch network. The baseband processor determines a plurality of parameters and controls the RF switch network based on at least one of the parameters. The parameters are determined during a training interval including at least an inter-frame space (IFS). The configuration of the RF switch network is based on the determined parameters and is employed for selection of an antenna to improve a link performance when used for communication of a next packet following the IFS.


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