MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL

• US 20100113088A1
• Filed: 11/04/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ibrahim, Brima B., Behzad, Arya Reza, Rosmann, David, Walley, John, Erceg, Vinko, Karaoguz, Jeyhan
• Granted Patent: US 8,265,690 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/552.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data.

Claims

1. A multiservice communication device comprising:

a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit; and

a processing module, coupled to the plurality of transceivers, that processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data.

2. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein the local control data includes at least one of:

RF environmental data, battery remaining, desired quality of service, a latency preference, a cost preference, a transaction request, a device characteristic, a data rate preference.

3. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers controls a communication handoff of the multiservice communication device from a first network to a second network.

4. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers changes a frequency channel used by at least one of the plurality of transceivers.

5. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers modifies a transmission parameter of at least one of the plurality of transceivers.

6. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers modifies a receive parameter of at least one of the plurality of transceivers.

7. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein the corresponding plurality of network protocols includes at least one of:

a 802.11 protocol, a WIMAX protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, a wireless HDMI protocol, a 60 GHz piconet protocol, a cellular data protocol, and a cellular voice protocol.

8. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 further comprising:

a location generation module, coupled to the control channel transceiver, that generates location data and wherein the local control data includes the location data.

9. The multiservice communication device of claim 8 wherein the location generation module includes a global positioning system receiver.

10. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein the processing module generates at least a portion of the local control data.

11. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers includes a cognitive radio transceiver that is configured based on the remote control data.

12. The multiservice communication device of claim 1 wherein the control data is transceived in accordance with a control channel protocol that is carried via the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols.

13. A multiservice communication device comprising:

a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit via a logical control channel embedded in network data transceived with the corresponding one of the plurality of networks, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit; and

a processing module, coupled to the plurality of transceivers, that processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data.

14. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the local control data includes at least one of:

RF environmental data, battery remaining, desired quality of service, a latency preference, a cost preference, a transaction request, a device characteristic, a data rate preference.

15. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers controls a communication handoff of the multiservice communication device from a first network to a second network.

16. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers changes a frequency channel used by at least one of the plurality of transceivers.

17. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers modifies a transmission parameter of at least one of the plurality of transceivers.

18. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers modifies a receive parameter of at least one of the plurality of transceivers.

19. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the corresponding plurality of network protocols includes at least one of:

a 802.11 protocol, a WIMAX protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, a wireless HDMI protocol, a 60 GHz piconet protocol, a cellular data protocol, and a cellular voice protocol.

20. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 further comprising:

a location generation module, coupled to the control channel transceiver, that generates location data and wherein the local control data includes the location data.

21. The multiservice communication device of claim 20 wherein the location generation module includes a global positioning system receiver.

22. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the processing module generates at least a portion of the local control data.

23. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the at least one of the plurality of transceivers includes a cognitive radio transceiver that is configured based on the remote control data.

24. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the plurality of transceivers includes a plurality of cognitive radio transceivers that are configured based on the remote control data.

25. The multiservice communication device of claim 13 wherein the control data is transceived in accordance with a control channel protocol that is carried via the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols.