US 12,469,957 B2
Method and apparatus for implementing host-centric antenna control
Jayprakash Thakur, Bangalore (IN); Samir V. Gundawar, Bangalore (IN); Madhukiran Sreenivasareddy, Bangalore (IN); Poondi Balaji Venkatachalapath Gopi Sudarson, Bangalore (IN); Mythili Hegde, Bangalore (IN); and Ashish Upadhyaya, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,712.
Claims priority of application No. 20216819 (EP), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0200133 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/335 (2015.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H01Q 25/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/2266 (2013.01); H01Q 1/245 (2013.01); H01Q 1/521 (2013.01); H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H01Q 5/335 (2015.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H01Q 25/04 (2013.01); H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H04B 1/18 (2013.01); H04B 1/40 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for implementing host-centric antenna control, comprising: a plurality of antennas for wireless transmission and reception; a wireless modem configured to process a signal for wireless transmission and reception via at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas; a host processor of the apparatus configured to run an antenna tuner software module, wherein the host processor and the wireless modem are separate components of the apparatus, and the antenna tuner software module is configured to generate a control signal to configure the at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas; and an antenna tuner circuitry configured to switch or tune the at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas based on the control signal, wherein the antenna tuner software module is configured to receive radio frequency (RF) parameters from the wireless modem and generate the control signal based on the RF parameters, wherein the RF parameters include a band allocation vector (BAV) including at least one of radio access technology, a carrier aggregation scenario, a frequency band and sub-band, a Global Navigation Satellite System or wireless wide area network mode, antenna port assignment, or a transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) mode.