Patent ID: 8483617

Claim:
A portable computing device comprises: a radio frequency (RF) wired link; a core module operably coupled to the RF wired link; a plurality of multi-mode RF units operably coupled to the RF wired link, wherein, when one or more of the multi-mode RF units are supporting a high-speed data communication: detecting, by the core module, a blocker that is adversely affecting the high-speed data communication; determining, by the core module, whether a radiation pattern alternative for the high-speed data communication will reduce the adverse affects on the high-speed data communication; when the radiation pattern alternative for the high-speed data communication will reduce the adverse affects on the high-speed data communication, enabling, by the core module, the radiation pattern alternative; and adjusting, by the one or more multi-mode RF units, at least one of transmission and reception of the high-speed data communication in accordance with the radiation pattern alternative.