Motion adaptive communications device and integrated circuits for use therewith
A circuit includes a package substrate that supports an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the circuit. The package substrate further supports a die that supports a processing module that processes the motion parameter to produce motion data, wherein the processing module further generates a receive control signal and a transmit control signal in accordance with the motion data. The die further supports a wireless local area network transceiver that generates an outbound RF signal that includes outbound data and that generates voice inbound data from an inbound RF signal, wherein the wireless local area network transceiver is further operable to adjust a receive parameter based on the receive control signal and to adjust a transmit parameter in response to the transmit control signal.
1. A wireless communication device comprises:
an integrated circuit (IC) that includes:
a package substrate that supports an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the wireless communication device, and wherein the package substrate further supports a die that supports:
a processing module, coupled to the on-chip gyrating circuit that processes the motion parameter to produce motion data, wherein the processing module further generates a transmit control signal and a receive control signal in accordance with the motion data; and
a wireless local area network transceiver that includes a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the transmitter generates an outbound RF signal that includes outbound data and the receiver generates voice inbound data from an inbound RF signal, wherein the wireless local area network transceiver is further operable to adjust a receive parameter of the receiver based on the receive control signal and to adjust a transmit parameter of the transmitter based on the transmit control signal; and
an antenna structure coupled to receive the inbound RF signal and to transmit the outbound RF signal.
2. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the receive parameter includes at least one of a receiver sensitivity, a protocol selection, a data rate, a packet length, a data payload length, a coding parameter, a contention period, and a back-off parameter.
3. The wireless communication device of claim 1 further comprising;
a GPS receiver, coupled to the processing module, that receives a GPS signal and that generates GPS position data based on the GPS signal;
wherein the processing module generates position information based on the GPS position data.
4. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the processing module further generates an antenna control signal in accordance with the motion data;
wherein the antenna control signal is coupled to an antenna to modify at least one of, an in-air beamforming phase, a diversity antenna selection, an antenna gain, a polarization antenna selection, a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna structure, and a single-input single-output (SISO) antenna structure.
5. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the processing module further generates a transmit control signal in accordance with the motion data and wherein the wireless local area network transceiver is further operable to adjust a transmit parameter based on the transmit control signal.
6. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the transmit parameter includes at least one of a transmit power, a protocol selection, a data rate, a packet length, a data payload length, a coding parameter, a contention period, and a back-off parameter.
7. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the processing module further generates an antenna control signal in accordance with the motion data and wherein the antenna control signal is coupled to an antenna to modify at least one of, an in-air beamforming phase, a diversity antenna selection, an antenna gain, a polarization antenna selection, a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna structure, and a single-input single-output (SISO) antenna structure.
8. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the transmit parameter includes at least one of a transmit power, a protocol selection, a data rate, a packet length, a data payload length, a coding parameter, a contention period, and a back-off parameter.
9. An integrated circuit (IC) comprises:
a package substrate that supports an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the circuit and wherein the package substrate further supports a die that supports:
a processing module, coupled to the on-chip gyrating circuit, that processes the motion parameter to produce motion data, wherein the processing module further generates a receive control signal and a transmit control signal in accordance with the motion data; and
a wireless local area network transceiver that includes a transmitter that generates an outbound RF signal that includes outbound data and a receiver that generates voice inbound data from an inbound RF signal, wherein the wireless local area network transceiver is further operable to adjust a receive parameter of the receiver based on the receive control signal and to adjust a transmit parameter of the transmitter in response to the transmit control signal.
10. The integrated circuit of claim 9 wherein the receive parameter includes at least one of a receiver sensitivity, a protocol selection, a data rate, a packet length, a data payload length, a coding parameter, a contention period, and a back-off parameter.
11. The integrated circuit of claim 9 wherein the transmit parameter includes at least one of a transmit power, a protocol selection, a data rate, a packet length, a data payload length, a coding parameter, a contention period, and a back-off parameter.
12. The integrated circuit of claim 9 further comprising:
a GPS receiver, coupled to the processing module, that receives a GPS signal and that generates GPS position data based on the GPS signal;
wherein the processing module generates position information based on the GPS position data.
13. The integrated circuit of claim 9 wherein the wireless local area network transceiver includes position information in the outbound data and receives inbound data from an access point that includes control data.
14. The integrated circuit of claim 9 wherein the processing module further generates an antenna control signal in accordance with the motion data and wherein the antenna control signal is coupled to an antenna to modify at least one of, an in-air beamforming phase, a diversity antenna selection, an antenna gain, a polarization antenna selection, a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna structure, and a single-input single-output (SISO) antenna structure.
15. The integrated circuit of claim 9 wherein the processing module further generates a transmit control signal in accordance with the motion data and wherein the wireless local area network transceiver is further operable to adjust a transmit parameter based on the transmit control signal.
16. The integrated circuit of claim 9 wherein the transmit parameter includes at least one of a transmit power, a protocol selection, a data rate, a packet length, a data payload length, a coding parameter, a contention period, and a back-off parameter.