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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Madhusudan Kinthada Venkata, San Diego, CA (US);
Srinivasan Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US);
Manjinder Singh Sandhu, Poway, CA (US);
Abhinav Dayal, Milpitas, CA (US);
Siva Kumar Jujaray, San Diego, CA (US);
Raj Surya Pratha, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for adaptive antenna switching for measurements, for example, in high gain automotive devices. According to certain aspects, a method is provided herein for wireless communications. The method generally includes selecting, based on one or more conditions, a first measurement configuration that uses at least an external antenna mounted on a surface of a vehicle for one or more measurements or a second measurement configuration that uses at least an internal antenna associated with the vehicle for the one or more measurements; performing the one or more measurements using the selected measurement configuration; and sending a report based on the one or more measurements. The techniques for measurement configuration selection may allow the device to achieve the benefits of both the high gain external antenna and the lower gain internal antenna(s) depending on the current conditions.