Establishing a communication link by selectively powering a transceiver based on a communication request received by another transceiver

• US 7,768,977 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2003
• Issued: 08/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Camp, William O. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Harper; Vincent P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Casca; Fred A
• Application Number:
  US10/701,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20050094589A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,464 Days
• Field of Search: 370/334, 370/331, 370/338, 370/332, 370/311, 370/336, 370/337, 455/436, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 455/74, 455/78, 455/426.1, 455/574, 455/277.1
• US Class Current: 370/332
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A first transceiver in a wireless terminal receives a communication request from a first wireless network. Based on the received communication request, power is selectively provided to a second transceiver in the wireless terminal, and the second transceiver is used to establish a communication link with a second wireless terminal. The first transceiver may be a TDMA transceiver, CDMA transceiver, wireless local area network transceiver, Bluetooth transceiver, or a digital television receiver that receives the communication request from a corresponding type of network, and the second transceiver may be a different one of the receiver types that establishes a communication link with a corresponding type of network. The first transceiver may receive assistance information from the first wireless network. The assistance information may include information that can be used to establish a communication link through the second transceiver with the second wireless network.

Claims

1. A method of establishing a communication link, the method comprising:

receiving a communication request from a TDMA cellular network through a TDMA transceiver in a wireless terminal;

receiving from the TDMA cellular network using the TDMA transceiver in the wireless terminal a timing indicator and an offset between the timing indicator and a code for the communication link with a CDMA cellular network;

powering-on a CDMA transceiver in the wireless terminal in response to the communication request received at the TDMA transceiver; and

establishing the communication link from the wireless terminal to the CDMA cellular network through the CDMA transceiver including by operating the CDMA transceiver in the wireless terminal using the timing indicator and the offset to assist the CDMA transceiver'"'"'s establishment of the communication link with the CDMA cellular network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

powering-on a wireless local area network transceiver in the wireless terminal in response to another communication request; and

establishing another communication link from the wireless terminal to a wireless local area network through the wireless local area network transceiver in response to the other communication request.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving network assistance information from the TDMA cellular network that identifies the wireless local area network that can be used to receive a data message; and

operating the wireless local area network transceiver in the wireless terminal using the assistance information to establish the other communication link with the identified wireless local area network.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

identifying within the communication request, received by the TDMA transceiver from the TDMA cellular network, assistance information that identifies an account with an internet service provider from which a data message can be retrieved; and

operating the wireless local area network transceiver in the wireless terminal using the assistance information to access the identified account and retrieve the data message from the internet service provider through the other communication link with the wireless local area network.

5. The method of Claim 1, wherein:

receiving the communication request from the TDMA cellular network at the TDMA transceiver comprises receiving within the communication request a call page from the TDMA cellular network; and

establishing the communication link from the wireless terminal to the CDMA cellular network using the CDMA transceiver comprises operating the second transceiver to establish a call through the communication link with the CDMA cellular network.

6. The method of Claim 1, wherein:

receiving the communication request from the TDMA cellular network comprises receiving within the communication request an indication of an incoming message from the TDMA cellular network; and

establishing the communication link from the wireless terminal to the CDMA cellular network using the CDMA transceiver comprises operating the CDMA transceiver to receive through the communication link with the CDMA cellular network the incoming message indicated by the communication request.

7. The method of Claim 1, wherein:

receiving the communication request from the TDMA cellular network comprises identifying within the communication request assistance information that identifies at least one of identity of the CDMA cellular network and frequency to be used to establish the communication link with the CDMA cellular network; and

establishing the communication link from the wireless terminal to the CDMA cellular network comprises operating the CDMA transceiver in the wireless terminal using the assistance information to assist the CDMA transceiver'"'"'s establishment of the communication link with the CDMA cellular network.

8. A wireless terminal, comprising:

a TDMA transceiver that is configured to communicate via a first wireless interface;

a CDMA transceiver that is configured to communicate via a second wireless interface; and

a processor that is configured to power-on the CDMA transceiver in response to a communication request received by the TDMA transceiver, and is configured to establish a communication link over the second wireless interface using the CDMA transceiver that was powered-on in response to the communication request received by the TDMA transceiver, wherein the received communication request contains a timing indicator and an offset between the timing indicator and a code for the second wireless interface, and the processor is configured to use the received timing indicator and the offset to operate the CDMA transceiver to establish the communication link over the second wireless interface.