Patent ID: 8880000
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating communication between a first communication device and a second communication device, and between the first communication device a third communication device, the first communication device having an antenna array, the method comprising: determining, at one or more hardware devices, a first angle of arrival of a first signal wirelessly communicated from the second communication device to the first communication device, wherein the first signal wirelessly communicated from the second communication device is compliant with a first wireless communication protocol; determining, at one or more hardware devices, a second angle of arrival of a second signal wirelessly communicated from the third communication device to the first communication device, wherein the second signal wirelessly communicated from the third communication device is compliant with a second wireless communication protocol that is different than the first wireless communication protocol, and wherein the first angle of arrival of the first signal wirelessly communicated from the second communication device is different than the second angle of arrival of the second signal wirelessly communicated from the third communication device; determining, at one or more hardware devices, first coefficients to control the antenna array according to a first beam pattern for communicating with the second communication device in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol, wherein determining the first coefficients uses (i) the first angle and (ii) the second angle, and wherein the first beam pattern includes a primary gain along the first angle and a suppressed gain along the second angle to reduce interference with communications with the third communication device in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol; determining, at one or more hardware devices, second coefficients to control the antenna array according to a second beam pattern for communicating with the third communication device in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, wherein determining the second coefficients uses (i) the first angle and (ii) the second angle, and wherein the second beam pattern includes a primary gain along the second angle and a suppressed gain along the first angle to reduce interference with communications with the second communication device in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol; controlling, with one or more hardware devices, the antenna array with the first coefficients when wirelessly communicating with the second communication device in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol; and controlling, with one or more hardware devices, the antenna array with the second coefficients when wirelessly communicating with the third communication device in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol.