METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DATA USING BLUETOOTH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20170303076A1
• Filed: 04/13/2017
• Published: 10/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SONG, Taeyoung, SONG, Jonghun, LEE, Minsoo
• Granted Patent: US 10,034,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0071 Use of interleaving interleaving per se H03M13/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1607 Details of the supervisory signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1877 for semi-reliable protocols, e.g. for less sensitive applications like streaming video buffer level management for video bitstream control arrangements H04N21/44004
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/189 Transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of a message
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology. A method of transmitting or receiving data using Bluetooth low energy (BLE) in a wireless communication system includes forming Bluetooth LE connection with a second device, establishing an isochronous channel for transmitting an audio packet with the second device and transmitting audio packets to the second device through the isochronous channel using an interleaved method at a specific channel interval. The sequence in which the audio packets are transmitted may be determined regardless of whether acknowledgement (ACK) for each of the audio packets is received from the second device.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting or receiving data using Bluetooth low energy (BLE) in a wireless communication system, the method being performed by a first device and comprising:

forming Bluetooth LE connection with a second device;

establishing an isochronous channel for transmitting an audio packet with the second device; and

transmitting audio packets to the second device through the isochronous channel in interleaved method during a specific channel interval,

wherein a sequence in which the audio packets are transmitted is determined regardless of whether acknowledgement (ACK) for each of the audio packets is received from the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting audio stream information related to audio stream composed of the audio packets to the second device,

wherein the audio stream information includes at least one of a channel number indicative of a number of channels allocated to the audio stream, a number of sub-events indicative of a number of sub-events per channel interval, a burst number indicative of a number of audio packet which is capable of being transmitted during the specific channel interval, and a stream ID for identifying the audio stream or a channel ID for identifying a channel through which the audio stream is transmitted.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the audio stream information is transmitted through an asynchronous connection logical (ACL) transport channel.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein:

transmitting the audio packets to the second device further comprising setting an interleaved mode to on or off indicative of a mode in which the audio packets are transmitted in interleaved method, and

transmitting the audio packets to the second device through the isochronous channel in interleaved method when the interleaved mode is on.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the audio stream information further comprises interleaved mode information indicative of an on or off of the set interleaved mode.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising periodically synchronizing the sequence in which the audio packets are transmitted with the second device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein an audio packet for which ACK has not been received from the second device or an audio packet for which negative acknowledgement (NACK) has been received from the second device is flushed after the at specific channel interval elapses.

8. A first device for transmitting or receiving data using Bluetooth low energy (BLE) in a wireless communication system, the device comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with an outside in a wireless or wired manner; and

a processor operatively connected to the communication unit, wherein the processor is configured to;

form Bluetooth LE connection with a second device;

establish an isochronous channel for transmitting an audio packet with the second device; and

transmit audio packets to the second device through the isochronous channel in an interleaved method during a specific channel interval,

wherein a sequence in which the audio packets are transmitted is determined regardless of whether acknowledgement (ACK) for each of the audio packets is received from the second device.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein:

the processor is configured to transmit audio stream information related to audio stream composed of the audio packets to the second device, and

the audio stream information includes at least one of a channel number indicative of a number of channels allocated to the audio stream, a number of sub-events indicative of a number of sub-events per channel interval, a burst number indicative of a number of audio packet which is capable of being transmitted during the specific channel interval, and a stream ID for identifying the audio stream or a channel ID for identifying a channel through which the audio stream is transmitted.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the audio stream information is transmitted through an asynchronous connection logical (ACL) transport channel.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to:

set an interleaved mode to on or off indicative of a mode in which the audio packets are transmitted in interleaved method, and

transmit the audio packets to the second device through the isochronous channel in interleaved method when the interleaved mode is on.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the audio stream information further comprises interleaved mode information indicative of an on or off of the set interleaved mode.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to periodically synchronize the sequence in which the audio packets are transmitted with the second device.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein an audio packet for which ACK has not been received from the second device or an audio packet for which negative acknowledgement (NACK) has been received from the second device is flushed after the at specific channel interval elapses.