Interference mitigation by adjustment of interconnect transmission characteristics
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1. A method comprising:
- determining that interference mitigation should be performed for wireless circuitry to reduce interference generated by an interconnect; and
adjusting at least one transmission characteristic associated with said interconnect in response to said determination to reduce said interference generated by said interconnect;
wherein adjusting includes initially changing a data rate of said interconnect from a first rate to a second rate in response to said determination and then changing said data rate from said second rate back to said first rate a predetermined time period later.
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Abstract
Interference within a wireless apparatus is mitigated by adjusting one or more transmission characteristics associated with an interconnect of the apparatus. In at least one embodiment, the interconnect is a PCI Express interconnect.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining that interference mitigation should be performed for wireless circuitry to reduce interference generated by an interconnect; and adjusting at least one transmission characteristic associated with said interconnect in response to said determination to reduce said interference generated by said interconnect; wherein adjusting includes initially changing a data rate of said interconnect from a first rate to a second rate in response to said determination and then changing said data rate from said second rate back to said first rate a predetermined time period later. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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determining that interference mitigation should be performed for wireless circuitry to reduce interference generated by an interconnect; and adjusting at least one transmission characteristic associated with said interconnect in response to said determination to reduce said interference generated by said interconnect; wherein said interconnect is a PCI Express interconnect and adjusting includes extracting a data rate identifier from a PCI Express training sequence and using said data rate identifier to determine a new data rate for said interconnect. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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determining that interference mitigation should be performed for wireless circuitry to reduce interference generated by an interconnect; and adjusting at least one transmission characteristic associated with said interconnect in response to said determination to reduce said interference generated by said interconnect; wherein said interconnect is a PCI Express interconnect and adjusting includes sending a handshake message requesting a new data rate using a PCI Express messaging protocol. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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means for determining whether interference mitigation should be performed for wireless circuitry to reduce interference generated by an interconnect; and means for adjusting at least one transmission characteristic associated with said interconnect in response to a determination to reduce said interference generated by said interconnect; wherein said means for adjusting initially changes a data rate of said interconnect from a first rate to a second rate in response to said determination and then changes said data rate from said second rate back to said first rate a predetermined time period later. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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means for determining whether interference mitigation should be performed for wireless circuitry to reduce interference generated by an interconnect; and means for adjusting at least one transmission characteristic associated with said interconnect in response to a determination to reduce said interference generated by said interconnect; wherein said interconnect is a PCI Express interconnect and said means for adjusting includes means for extracting a data rate identifier from a PCI Express training sequence and means for using said data rate identifier to determine a new data rate for said interconnect. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. An apparatus comprising:
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means for determining whether interference mitigation should be performed for wireless circuitry to reduce interference generated by an interconnect; and means for adjusting at least one transmission characteristic associated with said interconnect in response to a determination to reduce said interference generated by said interconnect; wherein said interconnect is a PCI Express interconnect and said means for adjusting includes means for sending a handshake message requesting a new data rate using a PCI Express messaging protocol. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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