WO2016162126A1 - System zur drahtlosen ankoppelung eines mobilfunk-endgerätes an eine externe antennenstruktur - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a system for the wireless coupling of a mobile radio terminal to at least one external antenna structure with at least one first external antenna.
- the system according to the invention thereby serves for coupling a mobile radio terminal to an external vehicle antenna structure.
- vehicles are often equipped with an external vehicle antenna structure.
- This can be arranged, for example, on the vehicle roof and therefore has significantly better transmission and reception characteristics than the antenna structure of the operated within the vehicle mobile terminal.
- some mobile radio terminals are equipped with an antenna output, which can be connected via a corresponding plug connection with an antenna cable of the vehicle's own antenna system.
- an antenna output which can be connected via a corresponding plug connection with an antenna cable of the vehicle's own antenna system.
- newer ones Mobile terminals only rarely such an antenna connection.
- such a connection to be made manually is impractical for the user.
- systems for wireless coupling of the mobile terminal to the external antenna structure are known. These usually have a coupling structure for wireless coupling to the antenna structure of the mobile terminal.
- the coupling structure is usually arranged in the region of a receptacle for the mobile terminal and couples wirelessly to the antenna structure of the mobile terminal, so that the transmission signals of the mobile terminal can be forwarded to the external antenna and the signals received from the external antenna to the antenna structure be forwarded to the mobile terminal.
- the coupling structure has a single connection, which communicates with the external antenna via an antenna line and optionally a compensator, which compensates for the cable and coupling losses.
- Corresponding systems are known, for example, from DE 10 2012 112 266 B3, DE 10 2010 019 904 A1, DE 10 2007 039 879 A1 and EP 2 011 243 B1.
- such a coupling structure does not provide optimal coupling for each mobile radio terminal. This is partly due to the fact that the antennas are usually arranged at different locations in different mobile devices. Therefore, the coupling structure can not be optimized for a specific antenna structure.
- the recording for the mobile terminal is not specifically adapted to the individual mobile terminal types, also the exact positioning of the mobile terminal is unknown in the recording.
- connection unit which connects one of these antennas to the external antenna.
- the connection wirelessly makes contact with the mobile terminal and instructs it to send sinusoidal signals.
- the connection unit successively measures the degree of coupling of the individual antennas of the coupling structure and stores this in a buffer in order to finally connect the antenna with the best degree of coupling to the external antenna. After the connection is established, the communication will start in the mobile network.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide an improved system for the wireless coupling of a mobile radio terminal to at least one external antenna structure.
- the present invention comprises a system for wireless coupling of a mobile radio terminal to an external antenna structure with at least one first external antenna, in particular for coupling to an external vehicle antenna structure.
- the system comprises a coupling structure for wireless coupling to an antenna structure of the mobile terminal, wherein the coupling structure has at least two terminals.
- the coupling structure is used here for wireless coupling to a mobile radio antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal and / or the external antenna structure is a mobile radio antenna structure.
- the system comprises a connection unit, which connects the first external antenna in dependence on the coupling quality with one of the at least two terminals of the coupling structure.
- the connection unit, the coupling quality between the antenna structure of the mobile terminal and the at least two terminals of the coupling structure during the normal communication mode of the mobile terminal and / or evaluated continuously and / or for both ports simultaneously.
- the antenna structure of a modern mobile radio terminal usually comprises a plurality of antennas. These are arranged, for example, at different positions in the vicinity of the frame of the mobile terminal.
- the supported mobile services such as GSM, UMTS and / or LTE
- different antennas may be present.
- different antennas can therefore be used.
- a frequency dependence of the coupling can result.
- the inventive evaluation of the coupling quality during normal communication operation of the mobile terminal d. H. while the mobile terminal communicates in the mobile network, therefore, allows a much more realistic assessment of the coupling quality than the test mode known from the prior art before starting the communication.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality during normal communication operation of the mobile terminal has the great advantage that the mobile terminal does not have to be instructed extra to send test signals. Therefore, the connection unit according to the invention can do without any kind of communication with the mobile terminal, and therefore be constructed considerably simpler.
- the inventive continuous evaluation of the coupling quality has the advantage that changes in the coupling quality, which result, for example, by operation in another mobile service or with another frequency, or simply by moving the mobile terminal relative to the coupling structure, recognized and considered become.
- a continuous evaluation of the coupling quality according to the present invention can be realized, for example, by the fact that the coupling is evaluated at a plurality of successive times or in a plurality of successive periods of time. Therefore, the continuous evaluation does not have to be continuous, but can also be done on a point-by-point basis or intermittently.
- an evaluation of the coupling quality only takes place if the applied signals fulfill predetermined conditions and in particular if at least one applied signal level exceeds a minimum signal level threshold.
- the continuous evaluation is carried out in the form of a continuous evaluation over at least certain periods, more preferably throughout the entire operation.
- the simultaneous evaluation of the two connections according to the invention ensures that the coupling quality for both connections takes place under the same external conditions, so that, for example, fluctuations in the signal strength which are based on the mobile radio protocol or external influences are not erroneously interpreted as changing coupling conditions.
- Each of the three elements of the first aspect of the invention just discussed i. that the coupling quality is evaluated firstly during normal communication operation of the mobile terminal and / or secondly continuously and / or thirdly for both ports simultaneously, can be taken in each case and without the other two elements according to the invention used.
- a combined use of at least two of these elements further preferably a common realization of all three elements.
- the present invention comprises a system for the wireless coupling of a mobile radio terminal to an external antenna structure with at least one first external antenna, in particular to an external driving system. convincing antenna structure.
- the system has a coupling structure for wireless coupling to an antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal, wherein the coupling structure has at least two connections.
- the coupling structure is used here for wireless coupling to a mobile radio antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal and / or the external antenna structure is a mobile radio antenna structure.
- the system further comprises a connection unit which connects the coupling structure with the external antenna structure. According to the invention, it is provided that the at least two connections of the coupling structure can be connected by the connection unit to the first and at least one second external antenna of the external antenna structure.
- the second aspect of the present invention takes into account that external antenna structures such as vehicle antenna structures can also have two separate antennas, and that also the antenna structure of modern mobile radio terminals usually has multiple antennas.
- the second aspect of the present invention now makes it possible to connect the two terminals of the coupling structure with such a first and second external antenna of an external antenna structure.
- the antennas can be used at the same time for communication in the mobile radio network, for example to make MIMO functionalities available.
- the at least two terminals of the coupling structure are preferably connectable separately to one another via the connection unit with the first and the second external antenna of the external antenna structure.
- the first and the second external antenna may be a primary and a secondary antenna of the external antenna structure and, in particular, the external vehicle antenna structure.
- the separate connection in each case one terminal of the coupling structure, each with an external antenna thus allows a MIMO functionality.
- the first external antenna can in this case be connected via one of the connections to a first antenna of the mobile radio terminal. be coupled, and the second external antenna via the second terminal of the coupling structure with a second antenna of the mobile terminal.
- the first and the second aspect of the present invention are independently applicable and are claimed independently of each other.
- the first aspect can be used completely independently of the use of the second aspect, in particular if in any case only a first external antenna is present.
- the connecting element can be designed so that only one of these antennas is in communication with one of the terminals of the coupling structure.
- the second aspect can also be used without any evaluation of the coupling quality, or with an evaluation of the coupling quality, which however does not necessarily take place according to the first aspect.
- connection unit according to the second aspect in a particularly simple, but inventive embodiment simply provide a fixed connection between a first terminal of the coupling structure and the first external antenna and a fixed connection between a second terminal of the coupling structure and the second external antenna and Therefore, for example, be designed as two separate connection lines.
- connection unit evaluates the coupling quality of the terminals, and connects the first and the second external antenna depending on the coupling quality with the first and the second terminal of the coupling structure.
- the assessment of the coupling quality does not necessarily have to be made according to the first aspect.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality is particularly preferably carried out according to the first aspect, ie during normal communication operation of the mobile radio terminal and / or continuously and / or for both connections simultaneously.
- the present invention can be used with any external antenna structures. If the external antenna structure has a first and a second external antenna, then these can be arranged both within a structural unit, for example in a roof antenna, and spatially separated into two structural units, for example one of the antennas in a roof antenna and the other one in an exterior mirror.
- the external antenna structure may therefore also be a distributed antenna structure.
- the present invention can furthermore be used with any mobile radio terminals.
- the mobile radio terminals may be portable mobile radio terminals and, in particular, mobile phones, such as smartphones.
- the coupling structure according to the invention with at least two terminals, a wide variety of configurations are possible.
- it may be a coherent coupling structure, which, however, has two spatially separated terminals.
- the coupling structure has separate and / or spatially separate coupling elements, which each have at least one terminal.
- the coupling structure many possible embodiments are also conceivable.
- line structures which can be non-resonant as well as resonant.
- they may be microstrip lines. These can be arranged in the inner region of the coupling surface and / or on the edge of the coupling surface.
- extended coupling structures in the plane such as, for example, a plane dipole or a slot radiator are conceivable.
- Three-dimensional structures such as PIFA or patch antennas are also possible.
- the elements of the coupling structure, which are connected to the terminals, can be spatially separated or connected.
- connection unit is designed such that it evaluates the coupling quality of the at least two terminals of the coupling structure and connects the connection of the coupling structure with the better coupling quality with the first external antenna. If a primary and a secondary external antenna are provided, the connection unit preferably connects the connection of the coupling structure with the better coupling quality to the primary external antenna. If the coupling structure has more than two connections, the connection with the best coupling quality is preferably connected to the first external antenna.
- connection unit connects at least one connection with a poorer coupling quality with an impedance and / or with the second external antenna.
- the connection of a connection of the coupling structure with an impedance makes it possible to continue to evaluate the coupling quality of the corresponding connection.
- the impedance preferably has the same value as the impedance of the first external antenna, and is in particular between 20 ohms and 70 ohms, preferably between 30 and 60 ohms.
- the connection with a second external antenna allows an improved mobile connection for the mobile terminal and MIMO functionalities. Furthermore, it also allows the further evaluation of the coupling quality.
- the impedance is preferably a component of the connection unit. If only a first external antenna is present, all connections of the antenna structure are preferably connected to an impedance with the exception of the connection with the best coupling quality.
- the second external antenna is preferably connected to the connection of the coupling structure with the second best coupling quality, or to a connection which, with respect to the connection of the coupling structure, the has been connected to the first external antenna, meets a MIMO criterion, and in particular provides the best MIMO functionality. Because from a technical point of view, the connection with the second-best coupling quality does not have to deliver the best performance for a MIMO operation. It is therefore conceivable a predetermined assignment of the connection of the coupling structure to the second external antenna as a function of the connection with the best coupling quality, which is connected to the first external antenna. This could e.g. always be the connection with the greatest spatial distance (relative to the respectively associated coupling area) to the connection with the best coupling quality. This fixed allocation could be realized in the form of logic circuits or a look-up table.
- the connection unit of the system according to the invention has an evaluation unit which evaluates the coupling goods of the first and the second connection of the coupling structure to the antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal and actuates a switching unit which connects the first external antenna to a coupling device according to the coupling quality the at least two terminals of the coupling structure connects.
- the switching unit preferably connects the connection of the coupling structure with the better coupling quality with the first external antenna. If a second external antenna is provided, the switching unit preferably connects a connection with a poorer coupling quality to the second external antenna. If no second external antenna is provided, the switching unit connects a connection with a poorer coupling quality, preferably with an impedance.
- the connection unit may comprise for each of the signal paths of the at least two terminals of the coupling structure, a decoupling element with which a signal is coupled out of the respective signal path and fed to the evaluation unit.
- the decoupling element can be, for example, a directional coupler or a resistance coupler.
- the coupling attenuation may preferably be in a range between 10 dB and 20 dB, for example at 15 dB.
- the signal paths of the at least two connections of the coupling structure preferably run from one connection of the connection unit to the switching unit, wherein the outcoupling elements are preferably arranged in the signal path between the connection of the connection unit and the switching unit.
- the evaluation unit preferably has at least two inputs which are connected to the signal paths via the coupling-out elements. Preferably, the evaluation unit is thus constantly in communication with the signal paths. Even if the coupling structure has more than two terminals, the connection unit for each terminal may comprise a separate signal path, and / or the evaluation unit for each of the terminals have a separate input, which preferably communicates via a decoupling element with the respective signal path.
- the evaluation unit may comprise a comparator and / or a comparison logic.
- the comparator can in particular compare the coupling quality of the individual terminals and, depending on which of the terminals has the better coupling quality, deliver a corresponding switching signal to the switching unit.
- a comparison logic may be implemented by a microprocessor.
- the comparison logic preferably comprises at least one analog-to-digital converter, which samples the signal levels in the signal paths.
- the comparison logic for this purpose has at least two inputs which are connected to the outputs of the level detectors.
- the comparison logic for each input or signal path may include a separate analog-to-digital converter.
- the comparison logic comprises an analog-to-digital converter, which is assigned to a plurality of inputs or signal paths, and alternately samples the signals present there.
- the alternating scanning is preferably carried out in such a rapid change that the evaluation of the coupling quality of the respective signal paths nevertheless takes place simultaneously in the sense of the present invention, ie with a time offset which is negligible compared to the time response of external disturbing influences.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality is preferably based on averaging over several samples. If an analog-to-digital converter is used, which is assigned to a plurality of inputs or signal paths, the sampling is preferably carried out in such a way that in the averaging to a first input or signal path in each case a plurality of samples are received, which were taken intermittently to samples, which in the averaging to a second input or signal path incoming.
- a comparison logic is used, more complex switching operations can be realized, such as a two-point circuit, which prevents too frequent switching.
- a switchover can take place only when the difference in the coupling quality exceeds a minimum value.
- the inventive evaluation of the coupling quality preferably takes place on the basis of the signal level of the respective signals. Such a rating based on the signal level allows a particularly simple embodiment of the evaluation unit, since no detailed evaluation of communication signals must be made.
- the evaluation unit preferably has a level detector for each signal path. The signals of the level detectors are preferably supplied to the comparator and / or the comparison logic and compared there with one another.
- the evaluation unit has an interrupt control, by means of which an evaluation of the coupling quality does not take place until one 0591
- Such an interrupt control is preferably used when the evaluation of the coupling quality is done digitally by a microprocessor.
- the interrupt control can reduce the computation of the microprocessor.
- the signal level for at least one of the signals can be compared with the minimum level threshold, wherein the interrupt control only triggers an evaluation process when the minimum level threshold is exceeded.
- the signal levels for each signal path are compared to the minimum level threshold, wherein the interrupt control triggers an evaluation when the minimum level threshold is exceeded in at least one signal path.
- a comparator which actuates the interrupt control can be provided for each signal path.
- the minimum level threshold is adjustable.
- connection unit and in particular the evaluation unit can be designed such that the evaluation of the coupling quality takes place on the basis of a transmission signal of the mobile radio terminal.
- the present invention takes into account that modern mobile radio terminals, for example, for the LTE standard have a primary and a secondary antenna, wherein the primary antenna is used for both transmitting and receiving, while the secondary antenna is only for reception.
- the coupling of the primary antenna of the mobile terminal to the first external antenna is therefore for the operation of the mobile terminal of considerably greater importance than the coupling of the secondary antenna of the mobile terminal.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality on the basis of the transmission signal of the mobile terminal it is ensured that the connection of the coupling structure, which has the best coupling to the primary antenna of the mobile terminal, is connected to the first external antenna.
- connection unit can be configured such that the evaluation of the coupling quality is based on the mobile radio transmission signal of the mobile radio terminal.
- other transmission signals of the mobile radio terminal may be disregarded for other communication services such as for example a WLAN and / or Bluetooth service in the evaluation of the coupling quality.
- a WLAN and / or Bluetooth frequency range remains unconsidered.
- the inventors of the present invention have recognized that the relatively strong WLAN and / or Bluetooth transmission signals of the mobile terminal can interfere with the evaluation of the coupling quality of the mobile radio antenna structure of the mobile terminal to the coupling structure, and are therefore not taken into account in the evaluation should.
- a reception frequency range of the mobile radio signal could be disregarded. This would ensure that actually only the transmission signals of the mobile terminal are taken into account in the evaluation. However, since the received signals are 16 000591
- the corresponding frequency ranges are filtered out of the signal.
- at least one corresponding filter is provided for filtering out at least one specific frequency range.
- this may be a WLAN and / or Bluetooth filter.
- a filter is assigned to each input of the evaluation unit and / or each signal path.
- a corresponding filter can be provided in the signal pad in front of the decoupling element or between the decoupling element and the level detector. This is preferably a notch filter.
- the switching decision by the connection unit takes place on the basis of a coupling quality determined over a specific time interval. Due to the size of this time interval, the dynamic behavior of the connection unit can be specified. If a level detector is used according to the invention, the time interval can simply be specified via the speed of the level detectors.
- the switching decision takes place on the basis of a determination of the coupling quality over a time interval ensures that processes which run faster in time do not initiate a switching decision.
- the time interval is chosen so that changes in the signal level, which are not due to the coupling quality, but on the details of the communication protocol, disregarded.
- a mean and / or maximum value formation takes place over the time interval.
- Such a mean and / or maximum value formation for example, be realized by the analog configuration of the level detector used. In particular, an integration over a certain time constant can take place.
- a mean and / or maximum value formation would also be possible to implement digitally.
- the switching decision is preferably carried out on the basis of an evaluation of the coupling quality carried out over a time interval between 1 ms and 500 ms.
- the time interval is between 15 ms and 100 ms. In this way, it can be prevented in particular that changes in the signal level due to the communication protocol unintentionally lead to switching decisions. Conversely, the connection unit still reacts very quickly to actual changes in the coupling quality.
- the time interval is preferably selected such that it covers both transmit and receive signals of the mobile radio signal in the case of a time-division multiplex method. This makes it possible to ensure that the transmission signals, which are usually much stronger, determine the switching behavior of the connection unit, and the reception signals have no influence on this. This ensures that the evaluation of the coupling quality is based on the transmission signal of the mobile terminal.
- the connection unit preferably evaluates the coupling quality over a plurality of bursts and / or subframes and / or frames of the mobile radio signal.
- the controller can integrate the signal for this purpose over a plurality of bursts and / or subframes and / or frames.
- the system according to the invention may further comprise a compensator, which is arranged between the connection unit and the first and / or second external antenna in the signal path.
- the compensator is used to compensate for coupling losses and losses in the signal lines between the coupling structure and the external antenna.
- the compensator preferably has a first and a second signal path.
- the signal processing and / or compensation preferably takes place separately in the first and in the second signal path.
- a transmission amplification for the Up_Link path from the mobile terminal to the external antenna only in a signal path, and in particular in the signal path, which is connected by the connection unit with the primary antenna of the mobile terminal.
- the inventive system may further comprise a support and / or receptacle for the mobile terminal, wherein the coupling structure is arranged in the region of the support and / or recording.
- the support and / or recording may comprise further coupling structures and / or functional elements, for example functional elements for wireless power charging (WPC) or near field communication (NFC).
- WPC wireless power charging
- NFC near field communication
- the support and / or recording is designed so that the mobile terminal can be freely placed at least within a certain range.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality according to the invention also ensures that the antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal is well coupled to the coupling structure and thus to the external antenna.
- connection unit may form a structural unit with the coupling structure.
- this structural unit can be connectable to the support and / or receptacle, in particular can be mounted on or in a corresponding housing.
- connection units for such systems.
- connection units are designed in this way, as has already been described in more detail above with regard to the system according to the invention.
- connection unit is designed here so that it connects a first external antenna in dependence on a coupling quality with one of at least two terminals of a coupling structure.
- the connection unit evaluates the coupling quality between the antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal and the at least two terminals of the coupling structure during normal communication operation of the mobile terminal and / or continuously and / or both ports simultaneously.
- a connection unit is configured to connect a coupling structure having at least two terminals to an external antenna structure.
- the at least two connections of the coupling structure can be connected by the connection unit to at least one first and one second external antenna of the external antenna structure.
- the two connections of the coupling structure can preferably be connected separately to one another via the connection unit with the first and the second external antenna of the external antenna structure.
- connection units are preferably configured as has already been described in greater detail above with regard to the systems according to the invention.
- these preferably have a valuation unit and a 16 000591
- connection units may comprise decoupling elements which are assigned to the respective signal paths.
- level detectors and / or filters may be provided, and / or a comparator and / or a comparison logic. If the connection unit is designed such that it connects at least one connection with an impedance, the impedance preferably forms part of the connection unit according to the invention.
- connection unit preferably has at least one first and one second connection for connection to the at least two connections of the coupling structure.
- the connection unit preferably also has at least one third connection for connection to a first external antenna.
- the connection unit has only one such third connection for connection to a first external antenna.
- the connection unit has at least one third and one fourth connection for connection to at least one first external antenna and one second external antenna.
- the first and the second connection of the connection unit can be provided, for example, by a solder connection, in particular when the connection unit forms a structural unit with the coupling structure.
- the third and / or fourth connection to the first and / or second antenna is preferably designed as a plug connection, in particular as a corresponding socket.
- connection unit can form a separate structural unit. In particular, this can be arranged at any point between the coupling structure and the external antenna.
- connection unit preferably forms a structural unit with the coupling structure and / or is integrated into the support and / or receptacle for the mobile radio terminal together with the coupling structure.
- the possibly existing compensator either forms a separate component to the connection unit, or is also integrated into the unit.
- the present invention furthermore comprises a method for coupling an antenna structure of a mobile radio terminal to at least one external antenna.
- the coupling of the antenna structure of the mobile terminal is wirelessly by means of a coupling structure having at least two terminals, wherein the first external antenna is connected in dependence on the coupling quality with one of the at least two terminals of the coupling structure.
- the coupling quality between the antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal and the at least two connections of the coupling structure is evaluated simultaneously during the normal communication operation of the mobile radio terminal and / or continuously and / or for both connections.
- the at least two terminals of the coupling structure are connected to at least a first external antenna and a second external antenna of the external antenna structure.
- the methods are carried out as already described in more detail above.
- the processes according to the invention are carried out using the systems and / or compound units described above.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a first exemplary embodiment of a system according to the invention, 16 000591
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a mobile radio terminal which can be coupled via a system according to the invention
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic circuit diagram of a first variant of a connection unit in a system according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 shows the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 with exemplary signal curves
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a second variant of a connection unit in a system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a third variant of a connection unit in a system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a system according to the invention.
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic circuit diagram of a first variant of a connection unit in a system according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG 10 is a schematic diagram of a second variant of a connection unit in a system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG 11 shows a schematic circuit diagram of a third variant of a connection unit in a system according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a system according to the invention for the wireless coupling of a mobile radio terminal 10 to a first external mobile radio antenna 50.
- the system comprises a coupling structure 25 for wireless coupling to a mobile radio antenna structure (not shown in detail in FIG. 1) of the mobile radio terminal 10.
- the connection between the coupling structure 25 and the external mobile radio antenna 50 takes place via a connection unit 30.
- the coupling structure has a first connection 21 and a second connection 22, which are connected to a first connection 31 and a second connection 32 of the connection unit 30.
- the connection unit has a third connection 33, which is connected to the external antenna 50.
- the coupling structure 25 and the connection unit form a structural unit.
- the terminal 33 for the external antenna 50 is formed as a socket for connecting an antenna cable.
- a compensator 40 is further provided between the output 33 of the connection unit 30 and the external antenna 50.
- the compensator is only optional.
- the external antenna 50 is an external car antenna. Such external car antennas are arranged for example in the region of the roof of a motor vehicle, and provide for improved mobile radio reception.
- the system according to the invention with the coupling structure 25 and the connection unit 30 thereby ensures a wireless coupling of the external antenna 50 to the internal antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal 10. 1
- the coupling structure has two spatially separated coupling elements 23 and 24, which are connected to the connection unit 30 via the first and the second connection 21 and 22.
- it could also be a coherent coupling structure with two separate terminals arranged in different spatial positions.
- the coupling structure a variety of configurations are possible.
- line structures such as microstrip lines can be used.
- the line structures can be non-resonant or resonant.
- the line structures can be arranged in the inner region of the coupling surface and / or on the edge of the coupling surface.
- extensive antenna structures in the plane can be used, such as a surface dipole or a slot radiator.
- three-dimensional structures such as PIFA and patch antennas are used.
- the antenna structure 25 is arranged in the region of a coupling surface 20.
- the antenna structure can be provided in the region of a receptacle or storage for the mobile radio terminal 10. This may, for example, simply be a horizontal surface or a receptacle in the region of the instrument panel or the center tunnel in the interior of the motor vehicle.
- the mobile terminal can be stored in the area of the coupling surface 20 in any position on the support or in the tray.
- no specific embodiment of the tray or receptacle for specific types of mobile phone is provided.
- this embodiment means that the positioning of the mobile terminal 10 on the coupling surface 20 and thus relative to the coupling structure 25 may be different depending on the type of mobile terminal and depending on the specific storage position and, for example, by slipping or moving the mobile terminal while driving can change.
- FIG. 2 shows a typical arrangement of mobile radio antennas 11 to 13 within a mobile radio terminal 10.
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- Modern mobile radio terminals in particular modern smartphones, usually have several antenna structures.
- different antennas can be present both for respectively different supported mobile radio services such as GSM, UMTS and LTE.
- several antennas can also be provided for a single mobile radio service.
- a primary antenna 12 is provided which is used both for GSM and for UMTS.
- a separate primary antenna 13 is provided for LTE.
- a secondary antenna 11 is provided for LTE, so that the MIMO functionality is supported by LTE.
- the primary antenna 13 for LTE is usually used both for the transmission (uplink), as well as for the reception (downlink).
- the secondary antenna 11 is used only for reception (downlink).
- the positioning of the antennas of the mobile radio terminal relative to the coupling structure therefore influences the coupling of the individual antennas to the coupling structure.
- FIG. 3 shows an exemplary profile of the coupling loss K as a function of the frequency F for the first terminal 21 and the second terminal 22.
- the frequency dependence may in particular be due to the fact that for different mobile services and thus different mobile radio frequencies different antennas are used, which accordingly have a different spatial placement to the coupling elements.
- the coupling loss is lower in a first, left-hand region for the first connection 21, while it is lower for a second, right-hand region for the second connection 22.
- connection unit therefore evaluates the coupling quality of the connections 21 and 22 of the coupling structure 25 with the antenna structure of the mobile radio terminal 10, and connects one of these two connections to the external antenna 50 as a function of the coupling quality.
- a continuous evaluation of the coupling loss or the coupling quality takes place on all connections by comparing the respective power of the transmission signal (up-link) of the mobile radio terminal.
- the evaluation thus takes place during the normal mobile radio communication operation of the mobile radio terminal, continuously and simultaneously for all connections.
- the present invention thus allows a dynamic adaptation of the connection with the external antenna to changing coupling conditions between the mobile radio terminal 10 and the coupling structure 25.
- FIG. 4 shows a first variant of a possible exemplary embodiment of a connection unit according to the invention with such a functionality.
- a coupling structure 20 with two terminals 21 and 22 is shown schematically, which are in communication with terminals 31 and 32 of the connection unit 30.
- the unillustrated external antenna 50 may be connected to the third terminal 33 of the connection unit 30.
- the first input 31 and the second input 32 are in each case via a signal path 61 or 62 with a switching unit 67 in combination, which depending on the coupling quality one of these two signal paths and thus one of the two terminals 21 or 22 of the coupling structure with the third Terminal 33 and thus the external antenna 50 connects.
- the other signal path not connected to the third terminal 33 is connected to an impedance 68.
- a measurement signal is coupled out of the signal paths.
- a decoupling element 64 or 64 ' is provided in the signal paths 61 and 62, respectively.
- decoupling elements 64 and 64 ' can be used, for example, directional coupler or resistance coupler.
- the coupling damping can be selected depending on the application and design, for example, at 15 db.
- the coupled via the coupling elements measuring signals are level detectors 65 and 65 ', via which the respective performance is evaluated.
- the outputs of the level detectors 65 and 65 ' are connected to inputs of a comparator 66, which determines the signal path with the higher power and thus the higher coupling quality by comparing the signal level and outputs a corresponding switching signal to the switching unit 67.
- the connection with the better coupling quality is then switched through to the third connection 33 to the external antenna 50, the signal path with the poorer coupling quality is connected to an impedance 68.
- connection unit preferably has a connection and a corresponding signal path for each of the connections of the coupling structure, wherein the evaluation of the coupling quality over the power for each signal path takes place in the same way.
- the signal path with the best coupling quality is switched through to the connection 33, and all other connections are each connected to an impedance.
- the impedance 68 preferably corresponds to the impedance of the external antenna.
- WLAN and / or Bluetooth notch filters 63 and 63 ' are also provided in the signal paths 61 and 62 as optional elements. These hide the relatively strong WLAN and / or Bluetooth signals of the mobile terminal, so that the evaluation of the coupling quality is based only on the mobile signals.
- connection unit is designed such that the evaluation of the coupling quality takes place on the basis of the transmission signal (up-link) of the mobile radio terminal.
- the primary antenna is currently used for LTE for both down-link and up-link, whereas the secondary antenna is only used for down-link.
- the primary antenna of the mobile terminal crucial.
- the coupling to the primary antenna of the mobile terminal can therefore be determined via these transmission signals, since only via these transmission signals are transmitted from the mobile terminal.
- the transmission signal of the mobile radio terminal is usually stronger than the received signals anyway, so that, given a correspondingly slow time behavior of the connection unit, the switching decision takes place anyway on the basis of the transmission signal.
- additional filters could be used for the reception frequency ranges. These are then preferably arranged between the decoupling elements 64 and 64 'and the level detectors 65 and 65' in the measuring signal path.
- the dynamic behavior of the connection unit can be adjusted via the speed of the level detectors.
- the speed is chosen so that changes in the signal level, which are based solely on the mobile radio protocol used, are disregarded. Conversely, the speed should be so high that actual changes in the coupling quality quickly lead to switching to the connection with the better coupling quality.
- the relevant problem is illustrated with reference to FIG. 5, in which the theoretical signal waveforms, which without a corresponding time constant of the Level detectors would be present, are shown in more detail.
- the level profile U_PD1 in the region of the connecting line 71 between the first level detector 65 and the comparator 66 and the level profile U_PD2 in the region of the connecting line 72 between the second level detector 65 'and the comparator 66 represent a possible level profile, if the mobile terminal in a Time-division multiplexing service such as GSM or TD-LTE works. It is assumed that the coupling of the first terminal 21 of the coupling structure 20 to the primary antenna of the mobile radio terminal used for transmission is better than the coupling quality of the second terminal 22.
- the up-link phase of the signal is denoted by 80 in each case, the downlink phase by 81.
- the signal U_PD1 assigned to the first terminal 21 in the area of the uplink phase is significantly stronger than the corresponding signal U_PD2 of FIG second connection 22.
- the downlink phase 81 due to noise, foreign mobile radio signals and / or interference, inverse conditions exist, so that the signal U_PD2 in the region 81 is stronger than the signal U_PD1. If, as shown in FIG. 5, the signal is used for the switching decision without any evaluation of the signal over a certain time window, then in the case shown in FIG.
- connection unit can integrate over a plurality of bursts and / or subframes and / or frames of the communication protocol and thus operate independently of the bursts / subframes.
- the time constant can be in one range 1
- the time behavior of the level detectors can be selected accordingly.
- the comparator may have a certain hysteresis in order to avoid too frequent switching.
- a 2-point switching is conceivable.
- FIG. 6 shows a second variant of a connection unit 30, as it can be used in the context of the embodiment shown in FIG.
- the embodiment shown in Fig. 6 corresponds with respect to the terminals 31- 33, the signal paths 61 and 62, the filters 63 and 63 ', the decouplers 64 and 64', the level detectors 65 and 65 ', and the switching unit 67 and the Impedance 68 of the first variant shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
- the configuration of these components reference is therefore made to the above description.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality in the variant shown in FIG. 6 is no longer performed by a comparator but by a microcontroller 130.
- the use of such a microcontroller allows more degrees of freedom with regard to the evaluation criteria.
- the microcontroller 130 has inputs 131 and 131 'for the signals coupled out of the signal paths 61 and 62, respectively.
- level detectors 65 and 65 ' are provided, whose outputs are in each case connected to an input 131 or 131' of the microcontroller 30.
- the microcontroller 130 has at least one analog-to-digital converter, which samples the signals applied to the inputs 131 and 131 '. Preferably, an averaging is performed over a plurality of samples, preferably an averaging over 2 to 20 samples, more preferably 2 to 8 samples. The mean value is then used to compare the coupling quality of the respective signal paths and for the corresponding control of the switching unit 67.
- the icrokontroller 130 for each signal input, ie for each signal path a separate analog-to-digital converter.
- the microcontroller can also work with only one analog-to-digital converter, which alternately generates samples of the signals applied to a plurality of inputs.
- the samples at the respective terminals are preferably generated in such a close time interval that they can be regarded as simultaneous compared to external disturbances.
- In the averaging for the individual ports are preferably at least two samples, between the recording of a sample was taken at another connection. This also ensures the simultaneity.
- the microcontroller 130 additionally has interrupt inputs 33 and 133 ', which are controlled via a comparator circuit 134 or 134'.
- interrupts Through the use of interrupts, it is possible to dispense with a permanent sampling of the level values in order to reduce the computation load of the microcontroller.
- a minimum level threshold is defined, from which only a level evaluation of the connections of the coupling structure is carried out. If the mobile station receives data in the downlink, for example, but there is no traffic in the uplink, interferences recorded externally do not affect the system behavior, since they are below the comparator threshold.
- the comparators 134 and 134 ' compare the signal levels supplied by the level detectors 65 and 65' with the minimum level threshold, and trigger an interrupt at the interrupt inputs 133 and 133 'when the minimum level threshold is exceeded. A sampling of the level values takes place in the exemplary embodiment already when only one of the interrupts has been triggered.
- the minimum level threshold which is present as comparison value at the comparator 134 or 134 ', is predetermined by the microcontroller.
- microcontroller offers the possibility of flexible programming of the criteria for selecting the best connection to the coupling structure:
- a hysteresis can be implemented.
- a required level difference can be predetermined, from which only the respective better connection is switched.
- the values determined by the one or more analog-to-digital converters may be averaged over several samples in order to reduce disturbing influences. Only then does the evaluation of the coupling connections take place on the basis of the mean value.
- the comparators 134 and 134 ' were designed as separate components.
- the functionality of the comparators is implemented directly in the microcontroller 140.
- the third variant shown in FIG. 7 therefore operates in exactly the same way as has already been described in more detail above with regard to the second variant shown in FIG.
- connection unit 30 shown in FIG. 6 or 7 or an exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention is shown below: -
- the mobile station sends in the uplink, the first Koppelan connection 21 to z. B. 4dB is better than the second coupling connection 22nd
- (at least one) level detector 65, 65 ' exceed the minimum level threshold for the initiation of the interrupt by the comparator circuit 134, 134'.
- the level values of the level detectors 65, 65 'present at the inputs 131, 131' of the microcontroller are sampled by one or more analog-to-digital converters of the microcontroller 130 or 140. In this case, an average value is formed per analog-to-digital converter. Transducer or performed for the respective terminal associated samples. The averaging can comprise between 1 and 20 samples, typically about 4 samples. The two mean values are then compared with each other to determine the connection with the best coupling quality.
- the microcontroller determines that the level at the first terminal 21 to z. B. 4dB is higher than at the second terminal 22. This level difference is now with the predetermined hysteresis, i. the minimum required level difference compared.
- the coupling terminal 21 is turned on to the output 33, if the terminal 21 should not already be active anyway. If the connection 21 with the better coupling quality is already active anyway, no switching operation takes place.
- a single external antenna 50 is provided, which is connected depending on the coupling quality via the connection unit with one of the at least two terminals of the coupling structure.
- FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment which implements the second aspect of the present invention and in which the connection 1
- unit 90 establishes a connection between the first and second terminals 21 and 22 of the coupling structure 25 and a first and second external mobile radio antenna 110 and 120.
- connection unit 90 of the second exemplary embodiment like the connection unit 30 of the first exemplary embodiment, has a first connection 91, which is connected to the first connection 21 of the coupling structure 25, and a second connection 92, which connects to the second connection 22 of the coupling structure stands. Also in this respect corresponds to the second embodiment thus the first embodiment.
- connection unit 90 of the second embodiment has a third terminal 93 for connection to a first external antenna 10 and a fourth terminal 94 for connection to a second external antenna 120.
- the second embodiment takes into account that external antenna structures such as car antennas may also have a primary antenna and a secondary antenna to support the MIMO functionality of mobile services such as LTE.
- the first external antenna 110 may be the primary external antenna
- the second external antenna 120 may be the secondary external antenna.
- the connection unit 90 is constructed so that the two external antennas 110 and 120 are each separately connected to one of the two terminals 21 and 22 of the coupling structure 25. For this purpose, an evaluation of the respective coupling quality of the two terminals, wherein the connection with the better coupling quality in the uplink to the first external antenna 1 0 is connected, the connection of the coupling structure with the poorer coupling quality in the uplink to the secondary antenna 120. This ensures that a stable communication in both the down-link and in the up-link is guaranteed, as each of the 00591
- Connection with the lowest coupling loss to the primary antenna of the mobile terminal is connected to the primary external antenna.
- connection of the other terminal which at least also couples to the secondary antenna of the mobile terminal, with the secondary external antenna results in good MIMO functionality with high performance.
- the different coupling (amount and phase) between the two connections of the coupling structure and the two MIMO antennas in the smartphone can result in high-performance MIMO functionality.
- the second embodiment can also realize the first aspect of the present invention.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality and the switching can be carried out in the same way in the second embodiment as in the first embodiment described above in more detail, so that reference is made in this regard to the above representation.
- FIG. 9 A circuit diagram for a first variant of such a connection unit 90 of the second embodiment is shown in FIG. 9. Elements which are provided in the same way as in the first embodiment, were provided with the same reference numerals. With regard to these elements, reference is made to the above description.
- two signal paths 61 and 62 are again provided, which are assigned to the connections 21 and 22 of the coupling structure 20 and lead to the switching unit 95. From these signal paths are in turn coupled via decoupling elements 64 and 64 'measurement signals which level detectors 65 and 65' are supplied. The signals of the level detectors are fed to a comparator 66, which outputs a switching signal to the switching unit 95.
- the operation of the second embodiment is identical to the first embodiment with regard to these components.
- the switching unit 95 has two switching elements 96 and 97, which are assigned to the respective signal paths 61 and 62 and each have either one connect to the third terminal 93 or the fourth terminal 94 to the first and second external antenna 110 and 120, respectively.
- the switching elements 96 and 97 are connected to the output of the comparator 66 such that the second switching element 97 establishes a connection of the second signal path 62 to the third terminal 93 when the first switching element 96 connects the first signal path 61 to the fourth connection 94 produces and vice versa.
- this is achieved in that the output of the comparator 66 is connected to the first switching element 96 directly via a switching line 98, while in the connection to the second switching element 97, a logical Inverters is provided.
- WLAN and / or Bluetooth notch filters 63 may also be provided in the signal paths, and, if appropriate, filters for the received signals in the measurement signal lines.
- FIGS. 10 and 11 show a second and third variant of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 of a connection unit 90 which can be used in the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the connecting unit 90 according to the second and third variants corresponds with respect to the terminals 91 to 94, the signal paths 61 and 62, the filters 63 and 63 ', the coupling-out elements 64 and 64', the switching unit 95 with the switching elements 96 and 97, as well the level detectors 65 and 65 'of the variant shown in Fig. 9.
- the corresponding components reference is therefore made to the above description.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality and the control of the switching unit 95 are not limited to one Comparator 66, but again as in the variants of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 to a microcontroller 150 and 160, respectively.
- the microcontroller 150 of the second variant of the second exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 10 corresponds to the microcontroller 130 with regard to its inputs 131 to 33 or 131 'to 133', the connection to the level detectors 65, 65 'and the comparators 134, 134' the second variant of the first embodiment shown in Fig. 6. Therefore, in this regard, reference is made in full to the above description.
- the microcontroller 150 has two outputs 145 and 145 'for driving the two switching elements 96 and 97 of the switching unit 95.
- the two switching elements 96 and 97 are driven in the same way as in the first variant in FIG. 9.
- the signal path with the better coupling quality with the terminal 93 for the primary antenna the signal path with the poor coupling quality with the terminal 94 for the secondary antenna.
- the switching decision can be made again using an averaging and / or a hysteresis, as shown in detail with respect to the second variant of the first embodiment in Fig. 6.
- FIG. 11 once again shows a third variant functionally equivalent to the second variant shown in FIG. 10, in which the functionality of the comparators 134 and 134 'has been integrated into the microcontroller 160.
- an MIMO compensator 100 can optionally be provided.
- the mobile terminal is always forwarded via the third terminal 93 to the primary external antenna 110.
- the first aspect of the present invention has the advantage that a simple design circuit can be used with a low design cost and low power consumption.
- a permanent simultaneous evaluation of all connections of the coupling structure and thus a dynamic selection of the best connection.
- the best connection can be selected depending on the service and frequency range used.
- the evaluation of the coupling quality is carried out in the context of communication in the real mobile network, so that an upstream test mode and communication between the connection unit and the mobile terminal is not necessary.
- the position and orientation independence with respect to the positioning of the mobile terminal is improved relative to the coupling structure.
- the different interconnection results between the two connections of the coupling structure and the two MIMO antennas in the mobile radio terminal and through their separate connection with the primary and secondary external antenna MIMO functionality with high performance.
- the dynamic selection also ensures that the connection with the best coupling to the primary antenna of the mobile radio terminal, which has uplink and downlink functionality, is selected dynamically and connected to the external one Antenna of the vehicle is connected.
- an optionally provided MIMO compensator may have a particularly simple structure.
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