Patent ID: 8126503

Claim:
In a MIMO communication system, a method for utilizing MIMO communication resources of a portable MIMO communication system for communicating, the method comprising: communicating a first portion of a unit of information utilizing a first set of MIMO communication resources of a portable MIMO communication system, wherein the unit of information is a quantifiable amount of related information; and while communicating utilizing the first set of MIMO communication resources: monitoring an energy supply; determining, based at least in part on the monitored energy supply, whether to continue the communicating utilizing a second set of MIMO communication resources of the portable MIMO communication system, the second set different from the first set; and if it is determined to continue the communicating utilizing the second set of MIMO communication resources, then continuing the communicating utilizing the second set of MIMO communication resources, wherein continuing the communicating comprises communicating a second portion of the unit of information.