INTEROPERABILITY INTERFACE FOR MODEM CONTROL

• US 20100188998A1
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Pernu, Ville, Ratilainen, Jussi Tuomas Benjamin
• Granted Patent: US 8,854,993 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5003 Managing SLA; Interaction between SLA and QoS
• 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 system for facilitating interaction with one or more radio modules incorporated within an apparatus. An interface may be provided to supply parameters usable by one or more radio modules for regulating communication. In at least one example configuration, the interface may receive information pertaining to one or more communication flows, may utilize the communication flow information to determine operational conditions for managing the one or more communication flows, and may formulate parameters for controlling one or more radio modules based on the operational condition information. These formulated parameters may then be provided to the one or more radio modules in the apparatus.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving communication requirements comprising two or more communication flows at an interface within an apparatus;

determining operational conditions in the apparatus based at least in part upon the received communication requirements, the operational conditions comprising at least a relative priority for the two or more communication flows in the interface; and

scheduling communication in one or more radio modules within the apparatus to conform with the operational conditions by providing configuration information via the interface to the one or more radio modules.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information indicates a minimum quality of service and a target quality of service based on the operational conditions.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information indicates whether the relative priority can be changed locally by the one or more radio modules.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the configuration information comprises parameters that define how the one or more radio modules can locally change the relative priority.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information indicates at least one level of performance at which an alert is triggered.

6. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:

code configured to cause an apparatus to receive communication requirements comprising two or more communication flows at an interface within an apparatus;

code configured to cause an apparatus to determine operational conditions in the apparatus based at least in part upon the received communication requirements, the operational conditions comprising at least a relative priority for the two or more communication flows in the interface; and

code configured to cause an apparatus to schedule communication in one or more radio modules within the apparatus to conform with the operational conditions by providing configuration information via the interface to the one or more radio modules.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the configuration information indicates a minimum quality of service and a target quality of service based on the operational conditions.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the configuration information indicates whether the relative priority can be changed locally by the one or more radio modules.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the configuration information comprises parameters that define how the one or more radio modules can locally change the relative priority.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the configuration information indicates at least one level of performance at which an alert is triggered.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including executable instructions, the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the device to perform at least the following;

receive communication requirements comprising two or more communication flows at an interface within the apparatus;

determine operational conditions in the apparatus based at least in part upon the received communication requirements, the operational conditions comprising at least a relative priority for the two or more communication flows in the interface; and

schedule communication in one or more radio modules within the apparatus to conform with the operational conditions by providing configuration information via the interface to the one or more radio modules.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the configuration information indicates a minimum quality of service and a target quality of service based on the operational conditions.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the configuration information indicates whether the relative priority can be changed locally by the one or more radio modules.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the configuration information comprises parameters that define how the one or more radio modules can locally change the relative priority.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the configuration information indicates at least one level of performance at which an alert is triggered.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving communication requirements comprising two or more communication flows at an interface within the apparatus;

means for determining operational conditions in the apparatus based at least in part upon the received communication requirements, the operational conditions comprising at least a relative priority for the two or more communication flows in the interface; and

means for scheduling communication in one or more radio modules within the apparatus to conform with the operational conditions by providing configuration information via the interface to the one or more radio modules.

17. A chipset, comprising:

control resources, the control resources being configured to;

receive communication requirements comprising two or more communication flows at an interface within an apparatus;

determine operational conditions in the apparatus based at least in part upon the received communication requirements, the operational conditions comprising at least a relative priority for the two or more communication flows in the interface; and

schedule communication in one or more radio modules within the apparatus to conform with the operational conditions by providing configuration information via the interface to the one or more radio modules.

18. A system, comprising:

an apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a multiradio controller, an interface and one or more radio modules;

the interface receiving communication requirements comprising two or more communication flows from the multiradio controller and determining operational conditions in the apparatus based at least in part upon the received communication requirements, the operational conditions comprising at least a relative priority for the two or more communication flows in the interface; and

the one or more radio modules scheduling communication to conform with the operational conditions by providing configuration information via the interface to the one or more radio modules.