Initiation of High Speed Overlay Mode for Burst Data and Real Time Streaming (Audio) Applications
First Claim
1. A method for transferring data over a short range communication link to a wireless receiving device, comprising:
- receiving and processing a first data packet to extract signaling mode information;
demodulating at least a data payload in accordance with a predetermined transmission protocol if the signaling mode information comprises a first predetermined value, thereby receiving data at a first data rate; and
demodulating at least the data payload in accordance with a high-speed mode if the signaling mode information comprises a second predetermined value, thereby receiving data at a second higher data rate.
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Abstract
In a wireless 802.15.4 communication system, a method and system are provided for switching between a predetermined protocol transmission mode and a high-speed transmission mode by including signaling mode information in a data packet (330, 340) to instruct the receiver device (300) to demodulate at least a data payload using the predetermined transmission mode if the signaling mode information comprises a first predetermined value, and to demodulate at least the data payload using the high-speed transmission mode if the signaling mode information comprises a second predetermined value. The signaling mode information may be included in the SFD field of an 802.15.4 SHR structure to instruct the receiver how to demodulate or process the data packet, or may be included as desired anywhere in the data packet to instruct the receiver how to demodulate or process one or more subsequent data packets.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for transferring data over a short range communication link to a wireless receiving device, comprising:
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receiving and processing a first data packet to extract signaling mode information; demodulating at least a data payload in accordance with a predetermined transmission protocol if the signaling mode information comprises a first predetermined value, thereby receiving data at a first data rate; and demodulating at least the data payload in accordance with a high-speed mode if the signaling mode information comprises a second predetermined value, thereby receiving data at a second higher data rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device for detecting a high-speed overlay data frame that is transmitted over a wireless personal area network, comprising:
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a physical layer (PHY) module for receiving a radio signal and processing the radio signal into a digital data frame; a digital modem module operatively coupled to the PHY module for extracting signaling mode information from the digital data frame and demodulating at least part of the digital data frame in accordance with a predetermined transmission protocol if the signaling mode information comprises a first predetermined value, but demodulating at least part of the digital data frame in accordance with a high-speed overlay mode if the signaling mode information comprises a second predetermined value; and a media access control layer (MAC) module operatively coupled to the digital modem module for providing addressing and channel access control functions for the wireless personal area network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device for transmitting one or more data frames in a high-speed overlay mode over a wireless personal area network, comprising:
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a media access control layer (MAC) module for generating a digital data frame to be transmitted over the wireless personal area network using either a predetermined transmission protocol or a high-speed overlay transmission mode, where the MAC module generates a first signaling mode value if the predetermined transmission protocol is to be used and generates a second signaling mode value if the high-speed overlay transmission mode is to be used; a digital modem module operatively coupled to a MAC module for generating a spread-modulated data frame whereby all of the digital data frame is spread modulated when the digital data frame is to be transmitted using the predetermined transmission protocol, and for generating a separately modulated digital data frame whereby only a synchronization header portion of the digital data frame is spread modulated when the digital data frame is to be transmitted using the high-speed overlay transmission mode; and a physical layer (PHY) module for processing a modulated digital data frame into a radio signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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