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App. No. 15/893,626

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A DISTRIBUTED CONFIGURABLE TRANSCEIVER ARCHITECTURE AND IMPLEMENTATION

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App. No.
15/893,626
Abstract

In communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays, a first distributed transceiver is configured to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams and a second distributed transceiver is configured to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams. One or more components within a transmit processing chain of the first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the second distributed transceiver are adjusted to maximize beamforming gain for the one or more first data streams and/or second data streams. A phase of the one or more first data streams and/or the one or more second data streams may be adjusted by the one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the first distributed transceiver and/or the one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the second distributed transceiver.

Claims (28)

1 . A method, comprising:

in a communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays:

configuring a first distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams;

configuring a second distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams; and

adjusting one or more components within a receive processing chain of said first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a receive processing chain of said second distributed transceiver to maximize beamforming gain for said one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising adjusting a phase of said one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams via said one or more components within a receive processing chain of said first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a receive processing chain of said second distributed transceiver.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising combining in radio frequency (RF) domain, said one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , comprising converting said combined one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams from said RF domain to intermediate frequency (IF) domain.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , comprising coherently combining in said IF domain, said converted one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams.

6 . A method, comprising:

in a communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays:

configuring a first distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to transmit signals comprising one or more first data streams;

configuring a second distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers to transmit signals comprising one or more second data streams; and

adjusting one or more components within a transmit processing chain of said first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a transmit processing chain of said second distributed transceiver based on a determined mode of operation for said first distributed transceiver and/or said second distributed transceiver.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , comprising dynamically switching between a first of said mode of operation and a second of said mode of operation based on a signal to noise ratio (SNR) associated with said first distributed transceiver and/or said second distributed transceiver.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , comprising configuring one or more selectors within said first distributed transceiver and/or said second distributed transceiver to transmit one or more first data streams and one or more second data streams from said first distributed transceiver and/or said second distributed transceiver in a spatial multiplexing mode based on said determined mode of operation.

9 . The method according to claim 6 , comprising configuring one or more selectors within said first distributed transceiver and/or said second distributed transceiver to transmit said one or more first data streams or said one or more second data streams from said first distributed transceiver and/or said second distributed transceiver in a spatial multiplexing single beam single stream operating mode.

10 . The method according to claim 6 , comprising determining one or more phase adjustment parameters for configuring one or more components within said first distributed transceiver and/or said second distributed transceiver based on said determined mode of operation for said first distributed transceiver and/or said second distributed transceiver.

11 . A system, comprising:

a communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays, wherein:

a first distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers is configured to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams;

a second distributed transceiver of said plurality of distributed transceivers is configured to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams; and

one or more components within a receive processing chain of said first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a receive processing chain of said second distributed transceiver is adjusted to maximize beamforming gain for said one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams.

12 . The system according to claim 11 , comprising adjusting a phase of said one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams via said one or more components within a receive processing chain of said first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a receive processing chain of said second distributed transceiver

13 . The system according to claim 11 , comprising combining in radio frequency (RF) domain, said one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams.

14 . The system according to claim 13 , comprising converting said combined one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams from said RF domain to intermediate frequency (IF) domain.

15 . The system according to claim 14 , comprising coherently combining in said IF domain, said converted one or more first data streams and/or said one or more second data streams.

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