Method of optimizing the transmission of data in a wireless communication network

• US 6,947,760 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2002
• Issued: 09/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Liu, Kungwel, Clayton, Richard M., Weisshaar, Bernhard P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gantt, Alan T.
• Application Number:
  US10/037,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20030129961A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/517, 455/509, 455/556.1, 455/557, 455/575.9, 455/556, 455/575, 701/1, 340/988
• US Class Current: 455/509
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365

Abstract

A method of optimizing the transmission of data in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of acquiring a first communication interface of a plurality of communication interfaces to transmit data associated with a first application for a first period of time; transmitting a first block of data on the first communication interface for a second period of time which is less than the first period of time; and transmitting a second block of data associated with a second application on said first communication interface for at least a portion of the first period of time remaining after the second period of time.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data, said method comprising the steps of:

transmitting a first block of data associated with a first application on a first communication interface for a first period of time which is less than a predetermined period of time to transmit data on said first communication interface;

determining if a second block of data associated with a second application is available to be transmitted on said first communication interface;

transmitting at least a portion of said second block of data on said first communication interface for at least a portion of said predetermined time to transmit data on said first communication interface; and

acquiring said first communication interface for said predetermined period of time at a predetermined cost.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of transmitting a first block of data comprises transmitting said first block of data at said predetermined cost.

3. A method of transmitting data, said method comprising the steps of:

transmitting a first block of data associated with a first application on a first communication interface for a first period of time which is less than a predetermined period of time to transmit data on said first communication interface;

determining if a second block of data associated with a second application is available to be transmitted on said first communication interface;

transmitting at least a portion of said second block of data on said first communication interface for at least a portion of said predetermined time to transmit data on said first communication interface; and

determining whether a cost of transmitting data on said first communication interface is greater than a maximum cost for transmitting data associated with said second application.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising a step of determining whether said second block of data is transmitted on said first communication interface at a second cost which is less than said cost of transmitting data on said first communication interface.

5. A method of transmitting data, said method comprising the steps of:

transmitting a first block of data associated with a first application on a first communication interface for a first period of time which is less than a predetermined period of time to transmit data on said first communication interface;

determining if a second block of data associated with a second application is available to be transmitted on said first communication interface;

transmitting at least a portion of said second block of data on said first communication interface for at least a portion of said predetermined time to transmit data on said first communication interface; and

transmitting a remaining portion of said second block of data on a second communication interface at a second predetermined cost.