Radio transmission scheduling according to multiradio control in a radio modem
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device including at least one radio modem, comprising:
- receiving operational schedule information in the at least one radio modem, the operational schedule information indicating one or more time periods suitable for communication within a repeating time interval; and
modifying planned communications, in the at least one radio modem, to fit within the one or more time periods suitable for communication to ensure efficient communication with external devices.
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Abstract
A system for managing the simultaneous operation of a plurality of radio modems in a single wireless communication device (WCD). The multiradio control may be integrated into the WCD as a subsystem responsible for scheduling wireless communications by temporarily enabling or disabling the plurality of radio modems within the device. The multiradio control system may comprise a multiradio controller (MRC) and a plurality dedicated radio interfaces. The radio interfaces are dedicated to quickly conveying delay sensitive information to and from the radio modems. The modems may further include control features that take information from the MRC as an input in determining the priority of messages to be sent out to a receiving device.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device including at least one radio modem, comprising:
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receiving operational schedule information in the at least one radio modem, the operational schedule information indicating one or more time periods suitable for communication within a repeating time interval; and modifying planned communications, in the at least one radio modem, to fit within the one or more time periods suitable for communication to ensure efficient communication with external devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device including at least one radio modem, comprising:
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a computer readable program code for receiving operational schedule information in the at least one radio modem, the operational schedule information indicating one or more time periods suitable for communication within a repeating time interval; and a computer readable program code for modifying planned communications, in the at least one radio modem, to fit within the one or more time periods suitable for communication to ensure efficient communication with external devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wireless communication device, comprising:
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at least one radio modem; the at least one radio modem receiving operational schedule information, the operational schedule information indicating one or more time periods suitable for communication within a repeating time interval; and the at least one radio modem modifying planned communications to fit within the one or more time periods suitable for communication to ensure efficient communication with external devices. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A radio module contained within a wireless communication device, comprising:
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at least one radio interface element for providing wireless communication with one or more external devices; and at least one communications control element, said communications control element enabled to both receive operational schedule information, the operational schedule information indicating one or more time periods suitable for communication within a repeating time interval; and the communications control element being further enabled to modify planned communications to fit within the one or more time periods suitable for communication to ensure efficient communication with the one or more external devices. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device including at least one radio modem, comprising:
a wireless communication device, the wireless communication device including; at least one radio modem coupled to a dedicated interface; the at least one radio modem receiving operational schedule information via the dedicated interface, the operational schedule information indicating one or more time periods suitable for communication within a repeating time interval; and the at least one radio modem modifying planned communications to fit within the one or more time periods suitable for communication to ensure efficient communication with external devices.
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