Patent ID: 9473216
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processing system including a processor of a mobile device, facilitate performance of operations comprising: monitoring an operational parameter associated with a steerable antenna coupled to a matching network according to an impedance threshold based on a free-space impedance of the steerable antenna; adjusting an antenna pattern of the steerable antenna from a first position to a second position to reduce obstruction in a near field of the steerable antenna in response to a determination of an antenna mismatch based on the monitoring of the operational parameter, wherein changes in the operational parameter are utilized as feedback for determining a position for the steerable antenna during the adjusting of the steerable antenna; determining a difference value based on the operational parameter and a baseline impedance of the steerable antenna; repeating the adjusting of the antenna pattern of the steerable antenna to reduce the obstruction in the near field of the steerable antenna, in response to the difference value exceeding the impedance threshold; and adjusting the matching network, in response to the difference value satisfying the impedance threshold, wherein the adjusting of the antenna pattern of the steerable antenna and the adjusting of the matching network are according to iterative processes.