CONTROL METHOD FOR ADJUSTING QUEUING DATA VOLUMN OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE BY DETECTING DATA TRANSFER SPEED AT PHYSICAL LAYER AND RELATED CONTROL MODULE AND MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20130336204A1
• Filed: 06/13/2012
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Liao, Ying-Chieh, Huang, Jen-Chieh, Chen, Yu-Ting, Chang, Tsung-Chieh
• Application Number:
  US13/495,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20130336204A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0002 by adapting the transmission rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1874 Buffer management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0231 based on communication conditions dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition based on channel quality criteria H04W72/54

Abstract

A control method for a wireless communications device supporting a specific protocol includes detecting a data transfer speed at a physical layer of the wireless communications device regarding an architecture of the specific protocol, and accordingly generating a detection result; and adjusting queuing data volume of the wireless communications device according to the detection result. An associated control module for the wireless communications device is also provided. The associated control module includes a speed detection unit for performing the operation of detecting the data transfer speed at the physical layer of the wireless communications device, and a control unit for performing the operation of adjusting the queuing data volume of the wireless communications device.

Claims

1. A control method for a wireless communications device supporting a specific protocol, comprising:

detecting a data transfer speed at a physical layer of the wireless communications device regarding an architecture of the specific protocol, and accordingly generating a detection result; and

adjusting queuing data volume of the wireless communications device according to the detection result.

2. The control method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting the data transfer speed at the physical layer of the wireless communications device regarding the architecture of the specific protocol comprises:

acquiring a network configuration designated by a wireless network with which the wireless communications device communicates; and

determining the data transfer speed according to the acquired network configurations.

3. The control method of claim 2, wherein the network configuration comprises one or a combination of a portion/all of a physical channel type, a granted transmission power level, a radio link control (RLC) transmission window size, a frequency of radio link control (RLC) transmission acknowledgement messages, and a radio resource control (RRC) message.

4. The control method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting the data transfer speed at the physical layer of the wireless communications device regarding the architecture of the specific protocol comprises:

calculating an average transfer speed of the wireless communications device.

5. The control method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting queuing data volume of the wireless communications device according to the detection result comprises:

decreasing the queuing data volume of the wireless communications device by decreasing an internal buffer size of the wireless communications device when the detection result indicates that the data transfer speed decreases.

6. The control method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting queuing data volume of the wireless communications device according to the detection result comprises:

increasing the queuing data volume of the wireless communications device by increasing an internal buffer size of the wireless communications device when the detection result indicates that the data transfer speed increases.

7. The control method of claim 1, wherein the specific protocol is a transmission control protocol (TCP).

8. A control module for a wireless communications device supporting a specific protocol, comprising:

a speed detection unit, for detecting a data transfer speed at a physical layer of the wireless communications device regarding an architecture of the specific protocol, and accordingly generating a detection result; and

a control unit, for adjusting queuing data volume of the wireless communications device according to the detection result.

9. The control module of claim 8, wherein the speed detection unit comprises:

a network configuration block, for acquiring a network configuration designated by a wireless network with which the wireless communications device communicates; and

a determining block, for determining the data transfer speed according to the acquired network configurations.

10. The control module of claim 9, wherein the network configuration comprises one or a combination of a portion/all of a physical channel type, a granted transmission power level, a radio link control (RLC) transmission window size, a frequency of radio link control (RLC) transmission acknowledgement messages, and a radio resource control (RRC) message.

11. The control module of claim 8, wherein the speed detection unit comprises:

a calculation block, for calculating an average transfer speed of the wireless communications device.

12. The control module of claim 8, wherein the control unit decreases the queuing data volume of the wireless communications device by decreasing an internal buffer size of the wireless communications device when the detection result indicates that the data transfer speed decreases.

13. The control module of claim 8, wherein the control unit increases the queuing data volume of the wireless communications device by increasing an internal buffer size of the wireless communications device when the detection result indicates that the data transfer speed increases.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a program code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the following steps to control a wireless communications device supporting a specific protocol:

detecting a data transfer speed at a physical layer of the wireless communications device regarding an architecture of the specific protocol, and accordingly generating a detection result; and

adjusting queuing data volume of the wireless communications device according to the detection result.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the step of detecting the data transfer speed at the physical layer of the wireless communications device regarding the architecture of the specific protocol comprises:

acquiring a network configuration designated by a wireless network with which the wireless communications device communicates; and

determining the data transfer speed according to the acquired network configurations.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the network configuration comprises one or a combination of a portion/all of a physical channel type, a granted transmission power level, a radio link control (RLC) transmission window size, a frequency of radio link control (RLC) transmission acknowledgement messages, and a radio resource control (RRC) message.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the step of detecting the data transfer speed at the physical layer of the wireless communications device regarding the architecture of the specific protocol comprises:

calculating an average transfer speed of the wireless communications device.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the step of adjusting queuing data volume of the wireless communications device according to the detection result comprises:

decreasing the queuing data volume of the wireless communications device by decreasing an internal buffer size of the wireless communications device when the detection result indicates that the data transfer speed decreases.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the step of adjusting queuing data volume of the wireless communications device according to the detection result comprises:

increasing the queuing data volume of the wireless communications device by increasing an internal buffer size of the wireless communications device when the detection result indicates that the data transfer speed increases.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the specific protocol is a transmission control protocol (TCP).