Dual platform communication controller, method of controlling a dual platform communication and wireless communication system employing the same

• US 20040116075A1
• Filed: 11/25/2003
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Inventors: Shoemake, Matthew B., Struhsaker, Paul F., Liang, Jie, Dekel, Eli
• Application Number:
  US10/722,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20040116075A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/10 Flow control between communication endpoints
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a dual platform communication controller for use with a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the dual platform communication controller includes a signal interpreter coupled to the wireless communication system and configured to recognize a first signal packet based on a first communication standard and a second signal packet based on a second communication standard. The dual platform communication controller also includes a traffic manager coupled to the signal interpreter and configured to provide a deterministic time-sharing between the first and second signal packets within the wireless communication system.

Claims

1. A dual platform communication controller for use with a wireless communication system, comprising:

a signal interpreter coupled to said wireless communication system and configured to recognize a first signal packet based on a first communication standard and a second signal packet based on a second communication standard; and

a traffic manager coupled to said signal interpreter and configured to provide a deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets within said wireless communication system.

2. The controller as recited in claim 1 wherein said first communication standard is configured to be IEEE 802.11.

3. The controller as recited in claim 1 wherein said second communication standard is configured to be Bluetooth.

4. The controller as recited in claim 1 wherein said traffic manager is configured to provide said deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets based on a real-time requirement.

5. The controller as recited in claim 1 wherein said traffic manager is configured to provide said deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets based on a period of time.

6. The controller as recited in claim 1 wherein said traffic manager is configured to provide said deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets by inhibiting a transmission capability of at least one of said first and second signal packets.

7. The controller as recited in claim 1 wherein said traffic manager is further configured to operate in a default state having a listening mode and a standby mode.

8. A method of controlling a dual platform communication for use with a wireless communication system, comprising:

recognizing a first signal packet based on a first communication standard and a second signal packet based on a second communication standard; and

providing a deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets within said wireless communication system.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said first communication standard is IEEE 802.11.

10. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said second communication standard is Bluetooth.

11. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said providing a deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets is based on a real-time requirement.

12. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said providing said deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets is based on a period of time.

13. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said providing said deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets employs inhibiting a transmission capability of at least one of said first and second signal packets.

14. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said providing further provides operating in a default state having a listening mode and a standby mode.

15. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a first wireless network based on a first communication standard that employs a first wireless station and a first signal packet;

a second wireless network based on a second communication standard that employs a second wireless station and a second signal packet; and

a dual platform communication controller coupled to said first and second wireless networks, including;

a signal interpreter that recognizes said first signal packet based on said first communication standard and said second signal packet based on said second communication standard, and

a traffic manager, coupled to said signal interpreter, that provides a deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets within said wireless communication system.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said first communication standard is IEEE 802.11.

17. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said second communication standard is Bluetooth.

18. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said traffic manager provides said deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets based on a real-time requirement.

19. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said traffic manager provides said deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets based on a period of time.

20. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said traffic manager provides said deterministic time-sharing between said first and second signal packets by inhibiting a transmission capability of at least one of said first and second signal packets.

21. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said traffic manager further operates in a default state having a listening mode and a standby mode.