Patent ID: 9301177
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing antenna tuning within a wireless communication device, the method comprising: receiving a request to change a first radio frequency (RF) tuning state; retrieving component usage data corresponding to one or more tuning circuit components of a tuning circuit that is tunable to a first RF operating channel associated with the request; retrieving information about at least one of: a device environment state or an RF state, at least some of the information about the device environment state or the RF state associated with a reliability performance of tuning circuit components when the tuning state is activated; selectively determining, using the retrieved component usage data and at least some of the information: performing antenna tuning to tune to the first RF operating channel using the determined antenna tuning state which satisfies performance specifications associated with tuning to the first RF operating channel and enhances component reliability performance by minimizing the operational wear on the one or more tuning circuit components.