The present disclosure relates to antenna diversity systems, and more particularly to an antenna utilization control method for use in diversity antenna systems.
Wireless network devices with antenna diversity are employed to reduce signal fading in wireless communication applications. These wireless network device include two or more antennas. One of the antennas is employed to transmit and receive packets at a time. Signal to noise ratio (SNR) of each antenna is measured during a preamble of a packet and the antenna is selected.
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In general, in one aspect, this specification describes a wireless network device including a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) module, an error rate module, and an antenna selection module. The signal-to-noise ratio measures i) a first average SNR while utilizing a first antenna, and ii) a second average sNR while utilizing a second antenna. The error rate module measures i) a first error rate while utilizing the first antenna, and ii) a second error rate while utilizing the second antenna. The antenna selection module selects the first antenna or the second antenna based on i) a first comparison of the first average signal-to-noise ratio to the second average signal-to-noise ratio, and ii) a second comparison of the first error rate to the second error rate. The second comparison is selectively performed depending on the first comparison.
The present disclosure will become more fully understood from the detailed description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The following description is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. For purposes of clarity, the same reference numbers will be used in the drawings to identify similar elements. As used herein, the term module, circuit and/or device refers to an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (shared, dedicated, or group) and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable components that provide the described functionality. As used herein, the phrase at least one of A, B, and C should be construed to mean a logical (A or B or C), using a non-exclusive logical or. It should be understood that steps within a method may be executed in different order without altering the principles of the present disclosure.
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The wireless network device 113 includes a physical layer (PHY) module 120 that provides an interface between a medium access control (MAC) module 124 and a wireless medium. A host interface module 126 provides an interface between the MAC module 124 and the host device 112. An antenna diversity module 128 may be associated with the physical layer device 120 and may select between two or more antennas. In
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When step 212 is false, control continues with step 224 and determines whether the antenna state is equal to Tx_Ant_Eval_1. If step 224 is true, control continues with step 228 and determines whether (Tx mode is true and tx>P1 (a predetermined number of packets have been sent)) or (Rx mode is true and recvd>P2 (received number of packets) and time spent<T2). If step 228 is false, control sets the antenna state is equal to Tx_Ant_Eval_1 and control returns to step 204.
When step 228 is true, control swaps antennas, sets AntState=Tx_Ant_Eval_2, PERpast=PER, SNRpast=SNRavg, SNRavg=0 and resets PER parameters. After step 228, control returns to step 212. When step 224 is false, control continues with step 240 and determines whether the antenna state is equal to Tx_Ant_Eval_2. If false, an error occurs, the antenna state is set equal to steady and control returns to step 204. When step 240 is true, control continues with step 248 and determines whether (Tx mode and tx>P1) or (Rx mode and recvd>P2 and time spent<T2). If step 248 is false, control continues with step 252 and sets the antenna state equal to Tx_Ant_Eval_2. Control continues from step 252 with step 204.
When step 248 is true, control determines whether data is available to calculate the SNR and PER. If step 256 is true, control continues with step 260 and determines whether SNRavg>SNRpast+SNRth. If step 260 is true, control continues with step 264 and sets PERpast=PER and RSSIpast=SNRavg. Control continues from step 264 with step 268 where the antenna state is set equal to steady and control returns to step 204.
When step 256 is false, control continues with step 276 and swaps back antennas. When step 260 is false, control determines whether PERpast>PER+PERth in step 272. If true, control continues with step 264 described above. If step 272 is false, control swaps back antennas in step 276. Control continues from steps 264 and 276 with step 268.
As an example, the timer may have a period of 5 seconds. The value of P1 can be set equal to 100 packets. The value of P2 may be set equal to 15 packets. The value of T2 may be set equal to 200 milliseconds. The SNRth may be set equal to 4 dB. The SNRabs may be set equal to 4 dB.
The wireless network device can be compliant with IEEE standards 802.11, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11h, 802.11n, 802.16, 802.20, Bluetooth, and/or other suitable standards.
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The HDTV 420 may communicate with mass data storage 427 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner such as optical and/or magnetic storage devices. At least one HDD may have the configuration shown in
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The device may also be implemented in other control systems 440 of the vehicle 430. The control system 440 may likewise receive signals from input sensors 442 and/or output control signals to one or more output devices 444. In some implementations, the control system 440 may be part of an anti-lock braking system (ABS), a navigation system, a telematics system, a vehicle telematics system, a lane departure system, an adaptive cruise control system, a vehicle entertainment system such as a stereo, DVD, compact disc and the like. Still other implementations are contemplated.
The powertrain control system 432 may communicate with mass data storage 446 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner. The mass data storage 446 may include optical and/or magnetic storage devices for example hard disk drives HDD and/or DVDs. At least one HDD may have the configuration shown in
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The cellular phone 450 may communicate with mass data storage 464 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner such as optical and/or magnetic storage devices for example hard disk drives HDD and/or DVDs. The HDD may be a mini HDD that includes one or more platters having a diameter that is smaller than approximately 1.8″. The cellular phone 450 may be connected to memory 466 such as RAM, ROM, low latency nonvolatile memory such as flash memory and/or other suitable electronic data storage. The cellular phone 450 also may support connections with a WLAN via a WLAN network interface 468.
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The set top box 480 may communicate with mass data storage 490 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner. The mass data storage 490 may include optical and/or magnetic storage devices for example hard disk drives HDD and/or DVDs. The HDD may be a mini HDD that includes one or more platters having a diameter that is smaller than approximately 1.8″. The set top box 480 may be connected to memory 494 such as RAM, ROM, low latency nonvolatile memory such as flash memory and/or other suitable electronic data storage. The set top box 480 also may support connections with a WLAN via a WLAN network interface 496.
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The media player 500 may communicate with mass data storage 510 that stores data such as compressed audio and/or video content in a nonvolatile manner. In some implementations, the compressed audio files include files that are compliant with MP3 format or other suitable compressed audio and/or video formats. The mass data storage may include optical and/or magnetic storage devices for example hard disk drives HDD and/or DVDs. The HDD may be a mini HDD that includes one or more platters having a diameter that is smaller than approximately 1.8″. The media player 500 may be connected to memory 514 such as RAM, ROM, low latency nonvolatile memory such as flash memory and/or other suitable electronic data storage. The media player 500 also may support connections with a WLAN via a WLAN network interface 516. Still other implementations in addition to those described above are contemplated.
Those skilled in the art can now appreciate from the foregoing description that the broad teachings of the disclosure can be implemented in a variety of forms. Therefore, while this disclosure includes particular examples, the true scope of the disclosure should not be so limited since other modifications will become apparent to the skilled practitioner upon a study of the drawings, the specification and the following claims.
This present disclosure is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/480,149, filed on Jun. 8, 2009, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/408,265 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,546,103), filed on Apr. 20, 2006, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/724,972, filed on Oct. 7, 2005.
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