Dynamically reconfigurable universal transmitter system
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1. An electronic device for generating a signal, the electronic device comprising:
- a plurality of transmitter resources for use in performing functions of a communication protocol and generating partial transmission signals corresponding to the resources;
an output bus coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources, the output bus selectively receiving the partial transmission signals from the plurality of transmitter resources and selectively transmitting the partial transmission signals; and
a plurality of antenna summers coupled to the output bus, the plurality of antenna summers selectively storing the transmitted partial transmission signals received on and transmitted by the output bus corresponding to each of said plurality of transmitter resources and combining the partial transmission signals to form complete transmission signals according to the communication protocol.
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Abstract
A dynamically reconfigurable universal transmitter system is disclosed herein. The electronic device includes multiple transmitter resources for generating transmission signals, an output bus, and an antenna summer coupled to the output bus. The output bus is selectively coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources and it selectively receives transmission signals from the plurality of transmission resources. The antenna summer stores transmission signals received on the output bus.
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1. An electronic device for generating a signal, the electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of transmitter resources for use in performing functions of a communication protocol and generating partial transmission signals corresponding to the resources; an output bus coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources, the output bus selectively receiving the partial transmission signals from the plurality of transmitter resources and selectively transmitting the partial transmission signals; and a plurality of antenna summers coupled to the output bus, the plurality of antenna summers selectively storing the transmitted partial transmission signals received on and transmitted by the output bus corresponding to each of said plurality of transmitter resources and combining the partial transmission signals to form complete transmission signals according to the communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic device for generating a signal, the electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of transmitter resources for generating transmission signals; an ouput bus coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources, the output bus selectively receiving transmission signals from the plurality of transmitter resources; an antenna summer coupled to the output bus, the antenna summer storing transmission signals received on the output bus; a processor coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources; and a computer readable memory coupled to the processor, the computer readable memory containing instructions and data that, when executed on the processor, implement a method for scheduling the plurality of transmitter resources, wherein the method for scheduling the plurality of transmitter resources comprises the steps of; a) providing an enabling signal from the computer readable memory to only a transmitter resource slated for a given antenna; b) transmitting operating information to operate only the transmitter resource slated for the given antenna; and c) communicating to a given transmission resource an address of a source having data to be processed by the given transmission resource.
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20. An electronic device for generating a signal, the electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of transmitter resources for generating transmission signals; an output bus coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources, the output bus selectively receiving transmission signals from the plurality of transmitter resources; an antenna summer coupled to the output bus, the antenna summer storing transmission signals received on the output bus; a processor coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources; and a computer readable memory coupled to the processor, the computer readable memory containing instructions and data that, when executed on the processor, implement a method for scheduling the plurality of transmitter resources, wherein the method for scheduling the plurality of transmitter resources comprises the steps of; a) providing an enabling signal from the computer readable memory to only a transmitter resource slated for a given antenna; b) transmitting operating information to operate only the transmitter resource slated for the given antenna; and c) disabling the control information stored in the second list for a given antenna for a channel that will stop transmitting from the given antenna.
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21. An electronic device for generating a signal, the electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of transmitter resources for generating transmission signals; an ouput bus coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources, the output bus selectively receiving transmission signals from the plurality of transmitter resources; an antenna summer coupled to the output bus, the antenna summer storing transmission signals received on the output bus; a processor coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources; and a computer readable memory coupled to the processor, the computer readable memory containing instructions and data that, when executed on the processor, implement a method for scheduling the plurality of transmitter resources, wherein the method for scheduling the plurality of transmitter resources comprises the step of; a) providing an enabling signal from the computer readable memory to only a transmitter resource slated for a given antenna; b) transmitting operating information to operate only the transmitter resource slated for the given antenna; and c) sequencing operating information for a given channel sooner in the second list for channels having a high priority.
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22. An electronic device for generating a signal, the electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of transmitter resources for generating transmission signals; an output bus coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources, the output bus selectively receiving transmission signals from the plurality of transmitter resources; an antenna summer coupled to the output bus, the antenna summer storing transmission signals received on the ouput bus; and at least one configurable transmitter resource that is parameterizeable by control information to satisfy a transmission protocol for any one of a plurality of channel formats.
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23. In an electronic device having a processor, a computer readable memory, and at least one transmitter resource coupled to the processor and computer readable memory, a method of scheduling the transmitter resources for a desired channel, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing an enabling signal from the computer readable memory to only the transmitter resource driving a given antenna; b) transmitting operating information to operate only the transmitter resource driving a given antenna; c) transferring control from a first list in memory for scheduling antenna to a second list in memory for scheduling transmitter resources only destined for a given antenna; and d) returning control from the second list for scheduling transmitter resources to the first list for scheduling antenna when the second list is exhausted. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. In an electronic device having a processor, a computer readable memory, and at least one transmitter resource coupled to the processor and computer readable memory, a method of scheduling the transmitter resources for a desired channel, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing an enabling signal from the computer readable memory to only the transmitter resource driving a given antenna; b) transmitting operating information to operate only the transmitter resource driving a given antenna; and c) disabling the operating information stored in the memory for a channel that desires to stop transmitting from a given antenna.
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26. In an electronic device having a processor, a computer readable memory, and at least one transmitter resource coupled to the processor and computer readable memory, a method of scheduling the transmitter resources for a desired channel, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing an enabling signal from the computer readable memory to only the transmitter resource driving a given antenna; b) transmitting operating information to operate only the transmitter resource driving a given antenna; and c) resequencing the control information stored in memory for a channel from a location slating the channel to a first antenna to a location slating the channel to a second antenna.
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27. In an electronic device having a processor, a computer readable memory, and at least one transmitter resource coupled to the processor and computer readable memory, a method of scheduling the transmitter resources for a desired channel, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing an enabling signal from the computer readable memory to only the transmitter resource driving a given antenna; b) transmitting operating information to operate only the transmitter resource driving a given antenna; and c) sequencing the control information in memory for a given antenna according to a user-determined priority associated with each channel.
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28. An electronic device for generating a signal, the electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of transmitter resources for use in performing functions of a communication protocol and generating partial transmission signals corresponding to the resources; a plurality of antenna summers coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources, the antenna summers storing the partial transmission signals generated by the plurality of transmitter resources, and combining the partial transmission signals to form complete transmission signals according to the communication protocol; and a means for communicating the partial transmission signals from the plurality of transmission resources to the antenna summer for a given antenna in a serial manner. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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