Communication device and method for controlling a receiver

• US 10,064,209 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2016
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbH (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Rysgaard, Bent Henneberg
• Primary Examiner(s): Holliday, Jaime
• Application Number:
  US15/230,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20160353468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 455 88, 4555501, 4555521, 4555531
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/336 Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A communication device is described including a receiver, a determiner configured to determine, for a first data transmission via a first communication channel and a second data transmission via a second data communication channel, wherein the first data transmission and the second data transmission overlap in time, a first time period during which the receiver is to receive data transmitted in the first data transmission and a second time period during which the receiver is to receive data transmitted in the second data transmission based on information about the quality of data transmission via the first communication channel and based on information about the quality of data transmission via the second communication channel and a controller configured to control the receiver to receive data transmitted in the first data transmission during the first time period and to receive data transmitted in the second data transmission during the second time period.

Claims

1. A mobile communications device comprising:

a first subscriber identity module configured to enable operation in a first radio communication network;

a second subscriber identity module configured to enable operation in a second radio communication network;

a receiver configured to receive data transmissions comprising a first data transmission via a first data communication channel of the first radio communication network and a second data transmission via a second data communication channel of the second radio communication network,

wherein the first data transmission and the second data transmission are at least partially overlapping within an overlap time period;

a determiner configured to determine a first partial time period of the overlap time period corresponding to a portion of the first data transmission,

and further configured to determine a second partial time period of the overlap time period corresponding to a portion of the second data transmission,

wherein the determiner is configured to determine which of the first partial time period and the second partial time period is longer based on which of the first data communication channel and the second data communication channel has a higher channel quality; and

a controller configured to control the receiver during the overlap time period to receive data from the portion of the first data transmission during the first partial time period and to receive data from the portion of the second data transmission during the second partial time period.

2. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein a sum of the first partial time period and the second partial time period is equal to the overlap time period.

3. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the first partial time period is longer than the second partial time period when the channel quality of the second communication channel is higher than the channel quality of the first communication channel by a predetermined amount.

4. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the second partial time period is longer than the first partial time period when the channel quality of the first communication channel is higher than the channel quality of the second communication channel by a predetermined amount.

5. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the first data transmission starts before the second data transmission and wherein the determiner is configured to determine the first partial time period and the second partial time period such that the first partial time period precedes the second partial time period.

6. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the first partial time period and the second partial time period are contiguous.

7. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein at least one of the first data transmission and the second data transmission is a transmission of control data.

8. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the first mobile communication network and the second mobile communication network are mobile communication networks using different or same radio access technologies.

9. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the first mobile communication network and the second mobile communication network are mobile communication networks according to different or same communication standards.

10. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the first data transmission is a transmission of data comprising at least one of paging data and system information of the first mobile communication network and the second data transmission is a transmission of data comprising at least one of paging data and system information of the second mobile communication network.

11. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the controller is configured to control the receiver to receive data transmitted in the first data transmission during the first partial time period and to receive data transmitted in the second data transmission during the second partial time period when the communication device is in idle mode.

12. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the determiner is configured to determine the channel quality of the first communication channel and the channel quality of the second communication channel.

13. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the receiver is configured to provide to the determiner the channel quality of the first communication channel based on a data transmission via the first communication channel preceding the first data transmission and to provide the channel quality of the second communication channel based on a data transmission via the second communication channel preceding the second data transmission.

14. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the information about the quality of data transmission via the first communication channel is at least one of information about a signal strength of the first communication channel and information about the signal to noise ratio of the first communication channel.

15. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the information about the quality of data transmission via the second communication channel is at least one of information about the signal strength of the second communication channel and information about the signal to noise ratio of the second communication channel.

16. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the determiner is configured to determine the first time period and the second time period before the first data transmission and the second data transmission are received at the receiver.

17. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the first partial time period is a multiple number of radio frames and the second partial time period is a multiple number of radio frames.

18. The mobile communications device of claim 1,

wherein the determiner is configured to determine the first partial time period and the second partial time period further based on at least one of priority information about the first data transmission and the second data transmission, timing information about the first data transmission and the second data transmission, and redundancy information about the first data transmission and the second data transmission.

19. A method for controlling a receiver of mobile communications device comprising a first subscriber identity module configured to enable operation in a first radio communication network and a second subscriber identity module configured to enable operation in a second radio communication network, the method comprising:

determining, for a first data transmission via a first communication channel of the first radio communication network and a second data transmission via a second data communication channel of the second radio communication network,

wherein the first data transmission and the second data transmission are at least partially overlapping within an overlap time period;

a first partial time period of the overlap time period corresponding to a portion of the first data transmission and a second partial time period of the overlap time period corresponding to a portion of the second data transmission, wherein the determination includes which of the first partial time period and the second partial time period is longer based on which of the first data communication channel and the second data communication channel has a higher channel quality; and

controlling the receiver during the overlap time period to receive data from the portion of the first data transmission during the first partial time period and to receive data transmitted from the portion of the second data transmission during the second partial time period.

20. The method of claim 19,

wherein a sum of the first partial time period and the second partial time period is equal to the overlap time period.