Transceiver selection system

• US 10,313,842 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2017
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Nolan, Keith, Kelly, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Washington, Erika A
• Application Number:
  US15/617,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20170374531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a device. The device includes at least one transceiver. The device further includes transceiver selection logic to determine whether each of the at least one transceiver complies with transceiver regulations associated with a location of the device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a device comprising;

a plurality of transceivers; and

transceiver selection circuitry to determine whether each of the plurality of transceivers complies with transceiver regulations associated with a location of the device, said transceiver regulations comprising at least one restriction related to duty cycle, transmitter power level, modulation scheme, antenna directionality, antenna height, allowable frequency band, or a combination thereof;

wherein;

when the transceiver selection circuitry determines that at least one of the plurality of transceivers does not comply with said transceiver regulations, the transceiver selection circuitry disables the at least one transceiver that does not comply with said transceiver regulations; and

when the transceiver selection circuitry determines that at least one of the plurality of transceivers complies with said transceiver regulations, the transceiver selection circuitry configures the at least one transceiver of the plurality of transceivers that complies with said transceiver regulations.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transceiver selection circuitry is to determine the location of the device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said device further comprises a plurality of universal asynchronous receiver transmitters (UARTs), each of said plurality of UARTs including a respective one of said plurality of transceivers.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transceiver selection circuitry configures the at least one transceiver that complies with said transceiver regulations at least in part by configuring a maximum duty cycle of the at least one transceiver that complies with said transceiver regulations.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the device is a coordinator node and the plurality of transceivers includes a first transceiver and a second transceiver that are redundant.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transceiver selection circuitry is further to:

query each of the plurality of tranceivers to determine a transceiver identifier for each of the plurality of transceivers; and

determine whether each of the plurality of transceivers complies with transceiver regulations associated with a location of the device at least in part by querying at least one of a transceiver regulatory database and/or a local transceiver regulatory data store using the identifier for each of the plurality of transceivers.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transceiver selection circuitry is further to determine whether each of said plurality of transceivers complies with said transceiver regulations:

at a first deployment of the device;

each time the device is activated;

in response to a request from a management service;

in response to detecting a change in location;

in response to detecting a change in a transceiver operating parameter;

or a combination of two or more thereof.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of transceivers is selected from the group consisting of a Wi-Fi transceiver, a low power wide area transceiver, a cellular modem, a wireless mesh network transceiver, a near field communication transceiver, or a combination thereof.

9. A method comprising:

determining, by transceiver selection circuitry of a device comprising a plurality of transceivers, whether each of the plurality of transceivers complies with transceiver regulations associated with a location of the device, said transceiver regulations comprising at least one restriction related to duty cycle, transmitter power level, modulation scheme, antenna directionality, antenna height, allowable frequency band, or a combination thereof;

when the transceiver selection circuitry determines that at least one of the plurality of transceivers does not comply with said transceiver regulations, disabling the at least one transceiver that does not comply with said transceiver regulations; and

when the transceiver selection circuitry determines that at least one of the plurality of transceivers complies with said transceiver regulations, configuring the at least one transceiver that complies with the plurality of transceiver regulations.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining, by the transceiver selection circuitry, the location of the device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said device further comprises a plurality of universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UARTs), each of said plurality of UARTs including a respective one or said plurality of transceivers.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the transceiver selection circuitry configures the at least one transceiver that complies with said transceiver regulations at least in part by configuring a maximum duty cycle of the at least one transceiver that complies with said transceiver regulations.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the device is a coordinator node of a mesh network, and the plurality of transceivers includes a first transceiver and a second transceiver that are redundant.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein said determining comprises:

querying, with the transceiver selection circuitry each of the plurality of transceivers to determine a transceiver identifier for each of the plurality of the transceivers; and

querying, by the transceiver selection circuitry, at least one of a transceiver regulatory database and/or a local transceiver regulatory data store using the identifier for each of the plurality of transceivers.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein said determining is performed:

at a first deployment of the device;

each time the device is activated;

in response to a request from a management service;

in response to detecting a change in location;

in response to detecting a change in a transceiver operating parameter;

or a combination of two or more thereof.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of transceivers is selected from the group consisting of a Wi-Fi transceiver, a low power wide area transceiver, a cellular modem, a wireless mesh network transceiver, a near field communication transceiver, or a combination thereof.

17. A system comprising:

a management service; and

a plurality of devices, each of said plurality of devices comprising;

a plurality of transceivers; and

transceiver selection circuitry to determine whether each of the plurality of transceivers with transceiver regulations associated with a location of the device, said transceiver regulations comprising at least one restriction related to duty cycle, transmitter power level, modulation scheme, antenna directionality, antenna height, allowable frequency band, or a combination thereof;

wherein;

when the transceiver selection circuitry determines that at least one of the plurality of transceivers does not comply with said transceiver regulations, the transceiver selection circuitry disables the at least one transceiver of the plurality of transceivers that does not comply with said transceiver regulations; and

when the transceiver selection circuitry determines that at least one of the plurality of transceivers complies with said transceiver regulations, the transceiver selection circuitry configures the at least one transceiver of the plurality of transceivers that complies with said transceiver regulations.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the transceiver selection circuitry is to determine the location of the device.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein each of said plurality of devices further comprise a plurality of universal asynchronous receiver transmitters (UARTs), each of said plurality of UARTs including a respective one of said plurality of transceivers.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the transceiver selection circuitry configures the at least one transceiver that complies with said transceiver regulations at least in part by configuring a maximum duty cycle of the at least one transceiver that complies with said transceiver regulations.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein at least one device of the plurality of devices is a coordinator node of a mesh network and includes at least a first transceiver and a second transceiver that are redundant.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein:

the management service comprises a local transceiver regulatory data store; and

the transceiver selection circuitry is further to;

query each of the plurality of transceivers receivers to determine a transceiver identifier for each of the plurality of transceivers; and

determine whether each of the plurality of transceivers complies with transceiver regulations associated with a location of the device at least in part by querying at least one of a transceiver regulatory database and/or a local transceiver regulatory data store using the identifier for each of the plurality of transceivers.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the transceiver selection circuitry is further to determine whether each of said plurality of transceivers complies with said transceiver regulations:

at a first deployment of the device;

each time the device is activated;

in response to a request from a management service;

in response to detecting a change in location;

in response to detecting a change in a transceiver operating parameter;

or a combination of two or more thereof.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein each of the plurality of transceivers is selected from the group consisting of a Wi-Fi transceiver, a low power wide area transceiver, a cellular modem, a wireless mesh network transceiver, a near field communication transceiver, or a combination thereof.