Patent ID: 8942647
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising: in a wireless communication device comprising a plurality of remote RF modules within said wireless communication device enabling a plurality of antenna configurations in said plurality of remote RF modules to receive RF signals; measuring a signal characteristic for each of said plurality of antenna configurations receiving an RF signal from one or more devices external to said wireless communication device; amplifying one or more IF signals with a power amplifier in a final amplification stage; configuring one or more coaxial lines within said wireless communication device, utilizing said measurements, to communicate the one or more amplified IF signals that are generated within said wireless communication device to one or more of said plurality of remote RF modules, the one or more amplified IF signals being one or more analog signals; communicating control signals for said plurality of remote RF modules utilizing said one or more coaxial lines on a frequency different than the one or more amplified IF signals; directly upconverting the one or more amplified IF signals to output RF signals utilizing said one or more of said plurality of remote RF modules; and transmitting said output RF signals via one or more antennas in said one or more of said plurality of remote RF modules, wherein said wireless communication device comprises a body and wherein said plurality of remote RF modules and said one or more coaxial lines are within said body of said wireless communication device.