Patent ID: 8787845

Claim:
A communication device, comprising: an antenna; a transceiver; a tunable matching network coupled with the antenna and the transceiver, the tunable matching network including at least one variable reactance element; a memory to store instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising: selecting a subset of tuning states for the tunable matching network; performing actual measurements of a plurality of performance parameters of the communication device according to the subset of tuning states; determining estimated measurements of the plurality of performance parameters for at least a portion of the tuning states not included in the subset of tuning states based on the actual measurements of the plurality of performance parameters; identifying data sets for the plurality of performance parameters from the subset of tuning states and the actual and estimated measurements; and determining from the data sets one or more tuning states of the tunable matching network that achieves a performance characteristic of the communication device.