Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of method and the device that adjust antenna pattern, solves the problem that the throughput of WLAN is limited.
First aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of method adjusting antenna pattern, and be applied to the device of adjustment antenna pattern, wherein, described device comprises processor, at least two antennas, and the phase shifter corresponding respectively with described each antenna; Described phase shifter, for changing the phase place of the antenna corresponding to it; Described method comprises:
Described processor obtains wireless channel indicated value; Wherein, described wireless channel indicated value is for reflecting the quality of the wireless channel between access point AP and mobile terminal;
Described processor, according to the wireless channel indicated value got, changes the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, points to target device to make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna; Wherein, described target device is described AP or described mobile terminal.
According to first aspect, in the first possible implementation of first aspect, described processor, according to the wireless channel indicated value got, changes the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, to make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna point to target device, comprising:
If described processor determines that wireless channel indicated value that this gets is greater than the initial value of wireless channel indicated value, then progressively increase the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not more than the previous wireless channel indicated value got;
If described processor determines that wireless channel indicated value that this gets is less than the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not less than the previous wireless channel indicated value got.
According to the first possible implementation of first aspect, in the implementation that the second of first aspect is possible, if described processor determines that wireless channel indicated value that this gets is greater than the initial value of wireless channel indicated value, then progressively increase the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not more than the previous wireless channel indicated value got, comprising:
If described processor determines that the difference of the initial value of this wireless channel indicated value got and described wireless channel indicated value is greater than first threshold, then progressively increase the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until the difference of this wireless channel indicated value got and the previous wireless channel indicated value got is not more than described first threshold.
According to the first possible implementation of first aspect, in the third possible implementation of first aspect, if described processor determines that wireless channel indicated value that this gets is less than the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not less than the previous wireless channel indicated value got, comprising:
If described processor determines that the difference of the initial value of this wireless channel indicated value got and described wireless channel indicated value is less than Second Threshold, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until the difference of this wireless channel indicated value got and the previous wireless channel indicated value got is not less than described Second Threshold.
According to first aspect, first aspect the first to any one of the third possible implementation, in the 4th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described wireless channel indicated value is reference signal strength instruction RSSI or throughput.
Second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of device adjusting antenna pattern, described in comprise: processor, at least two antennas, and the phase shifter corresponding respectively with described each antenna; Wherein:
Described phase shifter, for changing the phase place of the antenna corresponding to it;
Described processor, for obtaining wireless channel indicated value; Wherein, described wireless channel indicated value is for reflecting the quality of the wireless channel between access point AP and mobile terminal;
Described processor, also for according to the wireless channel indicated value got, changes the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, points to target device to make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna; Wherein, described target device is described AP or described mobile terminal.
According to second aspect, in the first possible implementation of second aspect, described processor specifically for:
The wireless channel indicated value that this gets if determine is greater than the initial value of wireless channel indicated value, then progressively increase the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not more than the previous wireless channel indicated value got;
The wireless channel indicated value that this gets if determine is less than the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not less than the previous wireless channel indicated value got.
According to the first possible implementation of second aspect, in the implementation that the second of second aspect is possible, described processor specifically for:
If determine, the difference of the initial value of this wireless channel indicated value got and described wireless channel indicated value is greater than first threshold, then progressively increase the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until the difference of this wireless channel indicated value got and the previous wireless channel indicated value got is not more than described first threshold.
According to the first possible implementation of second aspect, in the third possible implementation of second aspect, described processor specifically for:
If determine, the difference of the initial value of this wireless channel indicated value got and described wireless channel indicated value is less than Second Threshold, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until the difference of this wireless channel indicated value got and the previous wireless channel indicated value got is not less than described Second Threshold.
According to second aspect, second aspect the first to any one of the third possible implementation, in the 4th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described wireless channel indicated value is reference signal strength instruction RSSI or throughput.
The third aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of access point AP, and described AP comprises the device of the adjustment antenna pattern described in any embodiment of the present invention.
Fourth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of mobile terminal, and described mobile terminal comprises the device of the adjustment antenna pattern described in any embodiment of the present invention.
The method of the adjustment antenna pattern that the embodiment of the present invention provides and device, by being respectively each antenna configuration phase shifter corresponding with each antenna, and according to the wireless channel indicated value got, change the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, thus regulate the directional diagram of each antenna, to make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna point to target device, achieve the change of the relative position according to mobile terminal and AP, the compound direction figure of dynamic conditioning multiple antennas, improves the throughput of system.
Embodiment
For making the object of the embodiment of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearly, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
The flow chart of the method for the adjustment antenna pattern that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.The method of the present embodiment can be applied to the device of adjustment antenna pattern, and wherein, described device comprises processor, at least two antennas, and the phase shifter corresponding respectively with described each antenna; Described phase shifter, for changing the phase place of the antenna corresponding to it.As shown in Figure 1, described method comprises:
101, described processor obtains the quality wireless channel indicated value for reflecting the wireless channel between AP and mobile terminal.
102, described processor is according to the wireless channel indicated value got, and changes the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, points to target device to make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna.
Particularly, the device of described adjustment antenna pattern can be arranged on use MIMO technology AP and/or mobile terminal on; Wherein, described AP can be such as the network equipment that WLAN gateway, WIFI hot spot etc. support WLAN agreement; Described mobile terminal supports WLAN agreement.Wherein, described target device is described AP or described mobile terminal: if described device is arranged on described AP, then described target device is described mobile terminal; If described device is arranged on the mobile terminal, then described target device is described AP; Optionally, if described mobile terminal and described AP are provided with described device simultaneously, then Handshake Protocol can be set between described AP and described mobile terminal, according to network and user's request, side (described AP side or described mobile terminal side is only opened at synchronization, to open described AP side) the function of compound direction figure of adjustment multiple antennas, and the side (described mobile terminal side or described AP side are described mobile terminal side herein) of not opening adjustment function is target device.Described wireless channel indicated value, for reflecting the quality of the wireless channel between described AP and described mobile terminal, such as, can be reference signal strength instruction (Received Signal Strength Indication is called for short RSSI) or throughput (Throughput).In said device for each antenna in mimo system is configured with and each self-corresponding phase shifter; Described processor obtains the wireless channel indicated value of receive channel, and according to the described wireless channel indicated value got, change the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, thus regulate the directional diagram (Antenna pattern) of described each antenna, make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna point to target device.
The method of the adjustment antenna pattern that the embodiment of the present invention provides, by being respectively each antenna configuration phase shifter corresponding with each antenna, and according to the wireless channel indicated value got, change the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, thus regulate the directional diagram of each antenna, to make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna point to target device, achieve the change of the relative position according to mobile terminal and AP, the compound direction figure of dynamic conditioning multiple antennas, improves the throughput of system.
On the basis of above-described embodiment, change the mode of the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, as long as the phase-shift phase that changes described phase shifter can be reached through thus make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna point to the mode of target device, can be such as, according to the rule pre-set only change a phase shifter phase-shift phase or, change one by one each phase shifter phase-shift phase or, change the phase-shift phase of multiple phase shifter, but the embodiment of the present invention is not once limited simultaneously.
On the basis of above-described embodiment, after described processor gets wireless channel indicated value, the wireless channel indicated value this got and the initial value of wireless channel indicated value are made comparisons:
If described processor determines that wireless channel indicated value that this gets is greater than the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value, then progressively increase the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not more than the previous wireless channel indicated value got.If described processor determines that wireless channel indicated value that this gets is less than the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not less than the previous wireless channel indicated value got.
Illustrate as follows: wireless channel indicated value is for RSSI, the mode changing the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter adopts the mode of the phase-shift phase only changing a phase shifter: the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value is RSSI0, the phase-shift phase of phase shifter is 0, the phase-shift phase of phase shifter being adjusted to f1(f1 is positive number), the RSSI value that described processor obtains now is RSSI1.Wherein, the wireless channel indicated value that the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value obtains when can be the function of the compound direction figure of described AP or described mobile terminal unlatching adjustment multiple antennas also can be the wireless channel indicated value that described AP or described mobile terminal period obtain.
If RSSI1 is greater than RSSI0, illustrate that the direction of sensing to target device of the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna is close, therefore, the phase-shift phase continuing to increase phase shifter is f1+ ▽ f, (the concrete value of f1 and ▽ f can be arranged according to actual needs, ▽ f is the adjustment step-length of phase-shift phase) and the RSSI value after adjusting is obtained after the phase-shift phase of each adjustment phase shifter, the phase-shift phase determining how to adjust phase shifter is made comparisons with the previous RSSI value got, until when this wireless channel indicated value got is not more than the previous wireless channel indicated value got, illustrate that the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna points to target device, therefore the phase-shift phase after adjustment previous for phase shifter is fixed up.Therefore, the method for the adjustment antenna pattern that the embodiment of the present invention provides can make described target device be in the signal cover of the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna, thus the throughput of maximum target device to greatest extent.
If RSSI1 is less than RSSI0, illustrate that the sensing of the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna deviate from the direction of target device, therefore, the phase-shift phase reducing phase shifter is-f1, and the RSSI value RSSI2 of the phase-shift phase obtaining phase shifter when being-f1, if RSSI2 is less than RSSI1, the phase-shift phase then continuing to reduce phase shifter is-f1-▽ f, and the RSSI value obtain adjustment after the phase-shift phase of each adjustment phase shifter after, the phase-shift phase determining how to adjust phase shifter is made comparisons with the previous RSSI value got, until when this wireless channel indicated value got is not less than the previous wireless channel indicated value got, illustrate that the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna points to target device, therefore the phase-shift phase after adjustment previous for phase shifter is fixed up.
On the basis of above-described embodiment, the trigger condition of the phase-shift phase of adjustment phase shifter can be limited further by the threshold value preset, avoid the phase-shift phase frequently adjusting phase shifter, that is: if described processor determines that the difference of the initial value of this wireless channel indicated value got and described wireless channel indicated value is greater than first threshold, then the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter is progressively increased until the difference of this wireless channel indicated value got and the previous wireless channel indicated value got is not more than described first threshold.If described processor determines that the difference of the initial value of this wireless channel indicated value got and described wireless channel indicated value is less than Second Threshold, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until the difference of this wireless channel indicated value got and the previous wireless channel indicated value got is not less than described Second Threshold.Wherein, first threshold and/or Second Threshold can be positive number or negative, both absolute value can equal also can be different, can determine according to the factor such as network condition and user's actual need in reality.
On the basis of above-described embodiment, described mobile terminal and/or AP also comprise the WIFI chip supporting MIMO function, and described processor can be self-contained by WIFI chip, also can independent of WIFI chip (now WIFI chip only completes WIFI processing capacity).Further, corresponding respectively with described each antenna phase shifter and the position relationship of WIFI chip at least can have following two kinds: (1) phase shifter is positioned at WIFI chip internal; (2) phase shifter is positioned at WIFI chip exterior.
Fig. 2 is positioned at the schematic diagram of WIFI chip internal for phase shifter that the embodiment of the present invention provides.Fig. 3 is positioned at the schematic diagram of WIFI chip exterior for phase shifter that the embodiment of the present invention provides.As shown in Figure 2, arrange phase shifter respectively between the local oscillator (LO) in WIFI chip and each frequency mixer, LO can ensure the coherence of two-way receiving and transmitting signal, and the signal of LO arrives frequency mixer after phase shifter process, thus regulates the directional diagram of antenna.As shown in Figure 3, phase shifter is positioned at WIFI chip exterior, between all receiving-transmitting chains and antenna, arrange phase shifter.
The structural representation of the device of the adjustment antenna pattern that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 4, the device 400 of the adjustment antenna pattern that the embodiment of the present invention provides comprises: processor 401, at least two antennas 402, and the phase shifter 403 corresponding respectively with described each antenna 402, wherein:
Described phase shifter 403, for changing the phase place of the antenna corresponding to it;
Described processor 401, for obtaining wireless channel indicated value; Wherein, described wireless channel indicated value is for reflecting the quality of the wireless channel between access point AP and mobile terminal;
Described processor 401, also for according to the wireless channel indicated value got, changes the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter 403, points to target device to make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna 402; Wherein, described target device is described AP or described mobile terminal.
The device 400 of the adjustment antenna pattern that the embodiment of the present invention provides may be used for the concrete scheme performing embodiment of the method shown in Fig. 1, and it realizes principle and technique effect is similar, does not repeat them here.
Optionally, described processor 401 specifically for: the wireless channel indicated value that this gets if determine is greater than the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value, then progressively increase the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not more than the previous wireless channel indicated value got; The wireless channel indicated value that this gets if determine is less than the initial value of described wireless channel indicated value, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until this wireless channel indicated value got is not less than the previous wireless channel indicated value got.
Further alternative, described processor 401 specifically for: if determine, the difference of the initial value of this wireless channel indicated value got and described wireless channel indicated value is greater than first threshold, then progressively increase the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until the difference of this wireless channel indicated value got and the previous wireless channel indicated value got is not more than described first threshold.
Further alternative, described processor 401 specifically for: if determine, the difference of the initial value of this wireless channel indicated value got and described wireless channel indicated value is less than Second Threshold, then progressively reduce the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter until the difference of this wireless channel indicated value got and the previous wireless channel indicated value got is not less than described Second Threshold.
Optionally, described wireless channel indicated value is reference signal strength instruction RSSI or throughput.
The device of the adjustment antenna pattern that the embodiment of the present invention provides, by being respectively each antenna configuration phase shifter corresponding with each antenna, and according to the wireless channel indicated value got, change the phase-shift phase of described phase shifter, thus regulate the directional diagram of each antenna, to make the principal stresses angle of the compound direction figure of described each antenna point to target device, achieve the change of the relative position according to mobile terminal and AP, the compound direction figure of dynamic conditioning multiple antennas, improves the throughput of system.
The structural representation of the access point AP that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.As figure 5 illustrates, the AP500 of the present embodiment comprises the device 501 of adjustment antenna pattern; The device of the adjustment antenna pattern that the device 501 of described adjustment antenna pattern can adopt any embodiment of the present invention to provide, its correspondence, may be used for the concrete scheme of the embodiment of the method performing the adjustment antenna pattern that any embodiment of the present invention provides, it realizes principle and technique effect is similar, does not repeat them here.
The structural representation of the mobile terminal that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.As indicated with 6, the mobile terminal 600 of the present embodiment comprises the device 601 of adjustment antenna pattern; The device of the adjustment antenna pattern that the device 601 of described adjustment antenna pattern can adopt any embodiment of the present invention to provide, its correspondence, may be used for the concrete scheme of the embodiment of the method performing the adjustment antenna pattern that any embodiment of the present invention provides, it realizes principle and technique effect is similar, does not repeat them here.
In several embodiment provided by the present invention, should be understood that, disclosed apparatus and method, can realize by another way.Such as, device embodiment described above is only schematic, such as, the division of described unit, be only a kind of logic function to divide, actual can have other dividing mode when realizing, such as multiple unit or assembly can in conjunction with or another system can be integrated into, or some features can be ignored, or do not perform.Another point, shown or discussed coupling each other or direct-coupling or communication connection can be by some interfaces, and the indirect coupling of device or unit or communication connection can be electrical, machinery or other form.
The described unit illustrated as separating component or can may not be and physically separates, and the parts as unit display can be or may not be physical location, namely can be positioned at a place, or also can be distributed in multiple network element.Some or all of unit wherein can be selected according to the actual needs to realize the object of the present embodiment scheme.
In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention can be integrated in a processing unit, also can be that the independent physics of unit exists, also can two or more unit in a unit integrated.Above-mentioned integrated unit both can adopt the form of hardware to realize, and the form that hardware also can be adopted to add SFU software functional unit realizes.
The above-mentioned integrated unit realized with the form of SFU software functional unit, can be stored in a computer read/write memory medium.Above-mentioned SFU software functional unit is stored in a storage medium, comprising some instructions in order to make a computer equipment (can be personal computer, server, or the network equipment etc.) or processor (processor) perform the part steps of method described in each embodiment of the present invention.And aforesaid storage medium comprises: USB flash disk, portable hard drive, read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic disc or CD etc. various can be program code stored medium.
Those skilled in the art can be well understood to, for convenience and simplicity of description, only be illustrated with the division of above-mentioned each functional module, in practical application, can distribute as required and by above-mentioned functions and be completed by different functional modules, internal structure by device is divided into different functional modules, to complete all or part of function described above.The specific works process of the device of foregoing description, with reference to the corresponding process in preceding method embodiment, can not repeat them here.
Last it is noted that above each embodiment is only in order to illustrate technical scheme of the present invention, be not intended to limit; Although with reference to foregoing embodiments to invention has been detailed description, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be modified to the technical scheme described in foregoing embodiments, or carries out equivalent replacement to wherein some or all of technical characteristic; And these amendments or replacement, do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution depart from the scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.