1. A wireless device comprising:
a housing;
at least one antenna;
host processing circuitry contained within the housing; and
communications circuitry communicatively coupled to the host processing circuitry and to the at least one antenna and comprising:
a baseband processing module operable to process voice signals and data signals;
a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver module operable to process GPS signals; and
a radio frequency (RF) section operable to:
transceive the voice signals as RF voice signals;
transceive the data signals as RF data signals; and
convert GPS RF signals into the GPS signals.
2. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the communications circuitry further comprises an interface module operable to:
convey the voice signals between the baseband processing module and the RF section;
convey the data signals between the baseband processing module and the RF section; and
convey the GPS signals between the RF section and the GPS receiver module.
3. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the GPS receiver module is further operable to:
determine time delay for at least some of a plurality of coarseacquisition (CA) signals of the GPS signals in accordance with at least one clock signal;
calculate distance to a corresponding plurality of satellites of the at least some of the plurality of CA signals based on the time delays for the at least some of the plurality of CA signals;
calculate position of the corresponding plurality of satellites based on corresponding navigation messages of a plurality of navigation messages of the GPS signals; and
determine location of the wireless device based on the distance of the corresponding plurality of satellites and the position of the corresponding plurality of satellites.
4. The wireless device of claim 3, wherein:
the GPS receiver is further operable to provide a location of the wireless device to the baseband processing module; and
the baseband processing module is further operable to at least one of:
include the location of the wireless device in the data signals;
utilize the location of the wireless device in conjunction with system geographic information to adjust one of baseband beamforming coefficients, in-air beamforming coefficients, transmit power level, and data modulation protocol; and
utilize the location of the wireless device in conjunction with system geographic information to request a resource allocation adjustment.
5. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the RF section comprises:
an antenna interface coupled to the at least one antenna, wherein the at least one antenna is operable to transceive the RF voice signals, transceive the RF data signals, and receive the GPS RF signals;
a low noise amplifier module operable to amplify inbound RF signals;
a down conversion module operable to convert the amplified inbound RF signals into an inbound voice symbol stream, an inbound data symbol stream, or a plurality of down converted GPS signals;
an up conversion module operable to convert the voice signals or the data signals into an up converted signal; and
a power amplifier module operable to amplify the up converted signal to produce the RF voice signals or the RF data signals.
6. The wireless device of claim 5, wherein the baseband processing module is further operable to control non-concurrent processing of the outbound voice signal, the inbound voice signal, the outbound data signal, the inbound data signal, and the plurality of down converted GPS signals.
7. The wireless device of claim 5, wherein the baseband processing module is further operable to control divisional multiple access (DMA) processing of the outbound voice signal, the inbound voice signal, the outbound data signal, the inbound data signal, and the plurality of down converted GPS signals.
8. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the RF section comprises:
a first antenna interface coupled to a first antenna structure of the at least one antenna, wherein the first antenna structure is operable to transceive the RF voice signals and the RF data signals;
a second antenna interface coupled to a second antenna structure of the at least one antenna, wherein the second antenna structure is operable to receive the GPS RF signals;
a first low noise amplifier module operable to amplify the RF voice signals or RF data signals to produce an amplified RF signal;
a second low noise amplifier module operable to amplify the GPS RF signals to produce amplified GPS RF signals;
a first down conversion module operable to convert the amplified RF signal into an inbound voice symbol stream of the voice signals or an inbound data symbol stream of the data signals;
a second down conversion module operable to convert the amplified GPS RF signals into the GPS signals;
an up conversion module operable to convert an outbound voice symbol stream of the voice signals or an outbound data symbol stream of the data signals into an up converted signal; and
a power amplifier module operable to amplify the up converted signal to produce an outbound RF voice signal of the RF voice signals or an outbound RF data signal of the RF voice signals.
9. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the RF section comprises:
an antenna interface coupled to a wide bandwidth antenna structure, wherein the wide bandwidth antenna structure is operable to receive, as a wide bandwidth RF signal, the GPS RF signals, the RF data signals, andor the RF voice signals;
a low noise amplifier module operable to amplify the wide bandwidth RF signal to produce an amplified wide bandwidth RF signal;
a first down conversion module operable to down convert the amplified wide bandwidth RF signal to produce a down converted wide bandwidth signal that includes a baseband signal component and an intermediate frequency signal component, wherein the intermediate frequency signal component has a carrier frequency that approximately equals a difference between a carrier frequency of the GPS RF signals and a carrier frequency of the RF data signals or the RF voice signals;
a high pass filter module operable to attenuate the baseband signal component and to pass, substantially unattenuated, the intermediate frequency signal component to produce a filtered intermediate frequency signal component;
a low pass filter module operable to attenuate the intermediate frequency signal component and to pass, substantially unattenuated, the baseband signal component; and
a second down conversion module operable to convert the filtered intermediate frequency signal component in a second baseband signal component.
10. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the RF section comprises:
an antenna interface coupled to a wide bandwidth antenna structure, wherein the wide bandwidth antenna structure is operable to receive, as a wide bandwidth RF signal, the GPS RF signals and the RF data signals or the RF voice signals;
a first low noise amplifier module operable to amplify the wide bandwidth RF signal to produce a first amplified wide bandwidth RF signal;
a second low noise amplifier module operable to amplify the wide bandwidth RF signal to produce a second amplified wide bandwidth RF signal;
a third low noise amplifier module operable to amplify the wide bandwidth RF signal to produce a third amplified wide bandwidth RF signal;
a first notch filter module operable to notch filter the first amplified wide bandwidth RF signal to produce a first notch filtered RF signal, wherein the first notch filter module has a center frequency corresponding to a carrier frequency of the GPS RF signals;
a second notch filter module operable to notch filter the second amplified wide bandwidth RF signal to produce a second notch filtered RF signal, wherein the second notch filter module has a center frequency corresponding to a carrier frequency of the RF voice signals or the RF data signals;
a first subtraction module operable to subtract the first notch filtered RF signal from the third amplified wide bandwidth RF signal to produce a notch filtered RF voice or data signals;
a second subtraction module operable to subtract the second notch filtered RF signal from the third amplified wide bandwidth RF signal to produce notch filtered GPS RF signals;
a first down conversion module operable to convert the notch filtered inbound RF voice or data signals into an inbound voice symbol stream of the voice signals or an inbound data symbol stream; of the data signals; and
a second down conversion module operable to convert the notch filtered GPS RF signals into the GPS signals.
11. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising:
a display interface coupled to a display; and
a display controller coupled to the GPS receiver module, the baseband processing module, and the display interface, wherein the display controller is operable to control displaying of at least one of the data signals and GPS graphics on the display, wherein the GPS receiver module generates the GPS graphics corresponding to processing of the GPS signals.
12. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein:
the baseband processing module is operable to at least one parameter setting based on RF feedback;
the RF section is operable to generate the RF feedback; and
the RF section is operable to adjust operation based on the at least one parameter setting.
13. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device supports at least one of cellular communications, Wireless Local Area Network communications, and Wireless Personal Area Network communications.
14. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein at least two of the baseband processing module, the GPS receiver, and the RF section are formed on a single Integrated Circuit.
15. A wireless device comprising:
a housing;
at least one antenna;
host processing circuitry contained within the housing; and
communications circuitry communicatively coupled to the host processing circuitry and to the at least one antenna and comprising:
a baseband processing module operable to process voice signals and data signals;
a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver module operable to process GPS signals; and
a radio frequency (RF) section comprising:
at least one shared RF signal path component operable to receive, as a wide bandwidth RF signal, GPS RF signals, RF data signals, andor RF voice signals;
first non-shared RF signal path components operable to process the wide bandwidth RF signal to produce the GPS signals; and
second non-shared RF signal path components operable to process the wide bandwidth RF signal to produce incoming voice signals and incoming data signals.
16. The wireless device of claim 15, wherein the communications circuitry further comprises an interface module operable to:
convey the voice signals between the baseband processing module and the RF section;
convey the data signals between the baseband processing module and the RF section; and
convey the GPS signals between the RF section and the GPS receiver module.
17. The wireless device of claim 15, wherein:
the GPS receiver module is further operable to provide a location of the wireless device to the baseband processing module; and
the baseband processing module is further operable to at least one of:
include the location of the wireless device in outgoing data signals;
utilize the location of the wireless device in conjunction with system geographic information to adjust one of baseband beamforming coefficients, in-air beamforming coefficients, transmit power level, and data modulation protocol; and
utilize the location of the wireless device in conjunction with system geographic information to request a resource allocation adjustment.
18. The wireless device of claim 15, further comprising:
a display interface coupled to a display; and
a display controller coupled to the GPS receiver module, the baseband processing module, and the display interface, wherein the display controller is operable to control displaying of at least one of the data signals and GPS graphics on the display, wherein the GPS receiver module generates the GPS graphics corresponding to processing of the GPS signals.
19. The wireless device of claim 15, wherein:
the baseband processing module is operable to at least one parameter setting based on RF feedback;
the RF section is operable to generate the RF feedback; and
the RF section is operable to adjust operation based on the at least one parameter setting.
20. The wireless device of claim 15, wherein the wireless device supports at least one of cellular communications, Wireless Local Area Network communications, and Wireless Personal Area Network communications.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of operating a facility having beds, comprising:
after departure of a user of a bed of said facility, removing used bedding from said bed;
irradiating bedding with narrow spectrum radiation to obtain sanitized bedding; and
making up said bed with said sanitized bedding.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said sanitized bedding comprises at least one of a blanket, a pillow, and a bedspread.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said bedspread is a duvet.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein said facility is a hotel.
5. The method of claim 2 wherein said facility is a hospital.
6. The method of claim 2 wherein said facility is an airplane and said bed is a reclinable seat on said airplane.
7. The method of claim 2 wherein said irradiating with narrow spectrum radiation comprises exposing said bedding to ultraviolet radiation.
8. The method of claim 7 further comprising circulating air about said bedding while exposing said bedding to ultraviolet radiation.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein said bedding comprises compressible bedding and further comprising repetitively compressing and relaxing said compressible bedding while exposing said compressible bedding to ultraviolet radiation.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein said compressible bedding comprises a pillow.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein said compressing compresses said pillow to about one-half a height of said pillow, when uncompressed.
12. The method of claim 7 wherein said bedding comprises a blanket or a bedspread and wherein said exposing said bedding to ultraviolet radiation comprises moving an ultraviolet light along opposite sides of said blanket or bedspread at a stand-off from said blanket or bedspread.
13. The method of claim 12 further comprising draping said blanket or bedspread over a support prior to exposing said bedding to ultraviolet radiation and wherein said exposing said bedding to ultraviolet radiation includes moving an ultraviolet light under said support.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein said removing and making-up occurs every time a new user of said bed departs.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein said irradiating comprises irradiating said used bedding.
16. The method of claim 1 wherein said irradiating comprises irradiating bedding other than said used bedding.
17. A method of operating a facility having rooms with beds, comprising:
after departure of a user of a bed in a room of said facility, removing used bedding from said bed;
irradiating bedding with narrow spectrum radiation to obtain irradiated bedding; and
replacing said used bedding with said irradiated bedding.
18. A sanitizer for bedding, comprising:
an irradiation chamber;
at least one narrow spectrum light for emitting into said chamber;
a bedding support mounted for reciprocation within said chamber between a first terminal position proximate a base of said chamber and a second terminal position part way between said base of said chamber and a top of said chamber.
19. The sanitizer of claim 18 wherein said top of said chamber comprises a backstop to impede any bedding on said bedding support from moving above said top of said chamber while said bedding support reciprocates, such that said any bedding is compressed between said reciprocating bedding support and said backstop when said bedding support moves toward said backstop.
20. The sanitizer of claim 19 further comprising a fan for circulating air within said irradiation chamber.
21. The sanitizer of claim 20 wherein walls of said chamber are embossed to impart turbulence to air circulated in said chamber.
22. The sanitizer of claim 21 wherein said bedding support is mounted proximate its periphery on screws that are threaded along a portion of their length in order to define said first terminal position and said second terminal position.
23. The sanitizer of claim 22 wherein each of said screws is threaded with a first spiral thread and a second spiral thread, said first spiral thread meeting said second spiral thread at an inner end of said screw which is part way between said base of said chamber and said top of said chamber, said first spiral thread and second spiral thread arranged such that a direction of tracing that traces said first spiral thread toward said inner end of said screw traces said second spiral thread away from said inner end of said screw.
24. The sanitizer of claim 23 further comprising at least one motor for driving said screws in said direction.
25. The sanitizer of claim 24 wherein said bedding support comprises a lifting assembly surrounding each of said screws, each lifting assembly supported by a thread of said screw so that rotation of said screws in said direction causes said lifting assemblies to trace one of said first spiral thread and said second spiral thread.
26. A method a method of operating a multi-floor facility having beds comprising:
bringing a portable sanitizer to a floor of said multi-floor facility;
after departure of a user of a bed in a room on said floor of said facility, removing used bedding from the bed;
sanitizing said used bedding using said portable sanitizer to obtain sanitized bedding; and
making up said bed with said sanitized bedding,
wherein said used bedding comprises at least one of a blanket, a pillow, and a bedspread.
27. The method of claim 26 wherein said sanitizing using said portable sanitizer comprises irradiating said used bedding.