Enhancing efficiency of communication terminals using radio communication

• US 20140315490A1
• Filed: 04/23/2013
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cluster Wireless LLC
• Original Assignee: Cluster Wireless LLC
• Inventors: Hughes, Robbin, O'Neill, Thomas, Kumar, Prem Jothipragasam, Rajasekaran, Ramesh
• Application Number:
  US13/868,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20140315490A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0203 in the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The proposed embodiment provides a method and system for enhancing efficiency of a communication terminal. The method includes configuring short-range communication and long-range communication in the communication terminal, receiving parameters associated with a node in a communication network, and switching among the short-range communication and the long-range communication within a data session based on the received parameters.

Claims

1. A method for enhancing efficiency of a communication terminal, the method comprising:

configuring at least one of short-range communication and long-range communication in said communication terminal;

receiving at least one parameter associated with at least one node in a communication network; and

switching among at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication within a data session based on said at least one parameter associated with said at least one node.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said data session is created between said communication terminal and said at least one node using at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises dynamically modifying said session data in response to said switching among at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said short-range communication channel comprises at least one of a Bluetooth, near-field communication, ultra wideband, wireless local area network, radio-frequency identification, and ZigBee.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said long-range communication comprises at least one of a global system for mobile communication, general packet radio service, Wi-Fi, personal communications service, wideband code division multiple access, and worldwide interoperability for microwave access.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one parameter associated with said at least one node comprises at least one of a power consumption, communication channel associated with node, said link quality, session data, workload, bandwidth, congestion, speed, range, security data, and Geo data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises operating in a dual mode by using multiple communications at substantially same time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises using a central communication interface to interface at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication with said at least one node.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises connecting said communication terminal and said at least one node within said data session using at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said connection is determined based on said at least one parameter associated with said at least one node.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said method further comprises dynamically modifying said session data in response to said connection between said communication terminal and said at least one node.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises switching between said short-range communication and said long-range communication within said data session based on said at least one parameter associated with said at least one node.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said method further comprises dynamically modifying said session data in response to said switching between said short-range communication and said long-range communication.

14. A system for enhancing efficiency of a communication terminal, the communication terminal comprising:

a communication module configured to provide at least one of short-range communication and long-range communication in said communication terminal;

a transceiver module configured to receive at least one parameter associated with at least one node in a communication network; and

a control module configured to switch among at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication within a data session based on said at least one parameter associated with said at least one node.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said data session is created between said communication terminal and said at least one node using at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein said control module is further configured to dynamically modify said session data in response to said switch among at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein said short-range communication channel comprises at least one of a Bluetooth, near-field communication, ultra wideband, wireless local area network, radio-frequency identification, and ZigBee.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein said long-range communication comprises at least one of a global system for mobile communication, general packet radio service, Wi-Fi, personal communications service, wideband code division multiple access, and worldwide interoperability for microwave access.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein said at least one parameter associated with said at least one node comprises at least one of a power consumption, communication channel associated with node, said link quality, session data, workload, bandwidth, congestion, speed, range, security data, and Geo data.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein said control module is further configured to operate in a dual mode by using multiple communications at substantially same time.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein said control module is further configured to use a central communication interface to interface at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication with said at least one node.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein said control module is further configured to connect said communication terminal and said at least one node within said data session using at least one of said short-range communication and said long-range communication.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein said connection is determined based on said at least one parameter associated with said at least one node.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein said control module is further configured to dynamically modify said session data in response to said connection between said communication terminal and said at least one node.

25. The system of claim 14, wherein said control module is further configured to switch between said short-range communication and said long-range communication within said data session based on said at least one parameter associated with said at least one node.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein said control module is further configured to dynamically modify said session data in response to said switching between said short-range communication and said long-range communication.