Patent ID: 9513667
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,H01Q,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A first electronic device, comprising: a mechanical coupler configured to receive another electronic device having one or more internally disposed antennas; an interface configured for data communication with the another electronic device when disposed within the mechanical coupler; one or more MIMO antennas configured in an array; a radio-frequency interface configured to facilitate communication between the one or more MIMO antennas and a radio-frequency transceiver disposed within the another electronic device that enables the radio-frequency transceiver to employ the one or more MIMO antennas disposed in the first electronic device for radio frequency communication to increase a MIMO matrix channel order of the another electronic device when the another electronic device is disposed within the mechanical coupler; and an identifier comprising configuration information about the one or more MIMO antennas, the configuration information being configured for use by the another electronic device to configure use of the one or more internally disposed antennas of the another electronic device.