Cellular modem processing
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1. An integrated circuit for a cellular mobile station, the cellular mobile station communicating as per a cellular communication protocol, the integrated circuit comprising:
- a cellular modem processor, the cellular modem processor to execute instructions to perform layer 1 processor operations of the cellular communication protocol, instructions to perform a layer 2 processor operation of the cellular communication protocol, and instructions to perform a layer 3 processor operation of the cellular communication protocol when the integrated circuit is operational; and
wherein the layer 1 processor operations include a modulation processor operation, a demodulation processor operation, an interleaving processor operation, a deinterleaving processor operation, a channel encoding processor operation, a channel decoding processor operation, a channel equalization processor operation, a synchronization processor operation, an automatic gain control processor operation, and an automatic frequency control processor operation;
wherein the layer 3 processor operation includes one of the group consisting of;
a call control (CC) management processor operation, a mobility management (MM) processor operation, a subnet convergence protocol (SNDCP) processor operation, and a radio resource (RR) management processor operation;
a second processor;
at least one memory.
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Abstract
A cellular mobile station including a modem processor and memory. The memory includes instructions for the modem processor to perform layer 1 processor operations, layer 2 processor operations, and layer 3 processor operations. The modem processor executes the instructions to perform processor operations for the cellular mobile station to communication data as per a cellular communications protocol. In one example, the mobile station includes different levels of memory to provide different deterministic access times.
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1. An integrated circuit for a cellular mobile station, the cellular mobile station communicating as per a cellular communication protocol, the integrated circuit comprising:
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a cellular modem processor, the cellular modem processor to execute instructions to perform layer 1 processor operations of the cellular communication protocol, instructions to perform a layer 2 processor operation of the cellular communication protocol, and instructions to perform a layer 3 processor operation of the cellular communication protocol when the integrated circuit is operational; and wherein the layer 1 processor operations include a modulation processor operation, a demodulation processor operation, an interleaving processor operation, a deinterleaving processor operation, a channel encoding processor operation, a channel decoding processor operation, a channel equalization processor operation, a synchronization processor operation, an automatic gain control processor operation, and an automatic frequency control processor operation; wherein the layer 3 processor operation includes one of the group consisting of;
a call control (CC) management processor operation, a mobility management (MM) processor operation, a subnet convergence protocol (SNDCP) processor operation, and a radio resource (RR) management processor operation;a second processor; at least one memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of performing processor operations comprising:
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performing a plurality of layer 1 processor operations in accordance with a cellular communication protocol by a cellular modem processor, wherein the performing the layer 1 operations includes; performing a modulation processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing a demodulation processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing an interleaving processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing a deinterleaving processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing a channel encoding processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing a channel decoding processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing a layer 2 processor operation in accordance with the cellular communication protocol by the cellular modem processor; and performing a layer 3 processor operation in accordance with the cellular communication protocol by the cellular modem processor, wherein the performing the layer 3 operations includes performing an operation of the group consisting of; performing a call control (CC) management processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing a mobility management (MM) processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing a radio resource (RR) management processor operation by the cellular modem processor; performing processor operations by a second processor located on the same integrated circuit as the cellular modem processor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of performing processor operations comprising:
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performing a plurality of layer 1 processor operations in accordance with a cellular communication protocol by a cellular modem processor; performing a layer 2 processor operation in accordance with the cellular communication protocol by the cellular modem processor; and performing a plurality of layer 3 processor operations in accordance with the cellular communication protocol by the cellular modem processor; performing processor operations by a second processor located on the same integrated circuit as the cellular modem processor.
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