Battery level based configuration of a mobile station by a base station

• US 8,149,746 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2006
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Demirhan, Mustafa, Koc, Ali Taha, Shrivastava, Shweta, Vannithamby, Rath
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): WOO, KUO-KONG
• Application Number:
  US11/467,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20080049653A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,045 Days
• Field of Search: 455/515, 455/574, 455/572, 455/343, 455/423, 455/13.4, 455/522, 375/150, 370/335, 370/311, 370/318, 370/334, 370/339, 370/348, 370/259, 370/328, 340/825, 340/7.37
• US Class Current: 370/311
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for battery level based configuration of a mobile station by a base station. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a control block configured to obtain a battery level for at least one battery of a device hosting the apparatus;

a transmit block operatively coupled to the control block and configured to transmit information relating to the battery level to a base station of a network comprising a plurality of base stations and with which the device is communicatively associated; and

a receive block operatively coupled to the control block and configured to receive, from the base station, one or more power threshold levels to provide the control block a basis for a battery-level feedback event, the one or more power threshold levels having been selected by the base station based at least in part on a load of the network, and to receive information relating to at least one operation parameter configuration for the device, the at least one operation parameter configuration being based at least in part on the transmitted information relating to the battery level, wherein the at least one operation parameter configuration comprises a selection of an antenna scheme that is a single antenna scheme instead of a multiple antenna scheme;

wherein the control block is configured to configure operation parameters of the device based at least in part on the at least one operation parameter configuration.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control block is configured to control the transmit block to periodically transmit information relating to the battery level to the base station communicatively associated with the device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control block is configured to control the transmit block to transmit information relating to the battery level to the base station communicatively associated with the device based upon occurrence of the battery-level feedback event.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the battery-level feedback event is defined as the battery level passing below at least one power threshold level of the one or more power threshold levels.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the one or more power threshold levels comprises a plurality of power threshold levels.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the plurality of power threshold levels change based upon load of the network.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the receive block is further configured to receive a request, from the base station, for information relating to the battery level and the control block is configured to control the transmit block to transmit the information relating to the battery level in response to the request.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least the transmit and receive blocks are part of a transceiver having at least one common component.

9. A method comprising:

selecting, by a base station within a network comprising a plurality of base stations, one or more power threshold levels based at least in part on a load of the network;

providing, by the base station, the one or more power threshold levels to a mobile station to provide the mobile station a basis for a battery-level feedback event;

receiving, by the base station, a battery level for at least one battery within the mobile station;

determining, by the base station, at least one operation parameter configuration for the mobile station based at least in part on the received battery level; and

transmitting, by the base station, the at least one operation parameter configuration to the mobile station;

wherein determining, by the base station, at least one operation parameter configuration for the mobile station based at least in part on the received battery level comprises selecting an antenna scheme that is a single antenna scheme instead of a multiple antenna scheme.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving a battery level comprises receiving the battery level periodically.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving a battery level comprises receiving the battery level based upon occurrence of the battery-level feedback event on the mobile station.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving a battery level comprises receiving the battery level based upon occurrence of the battery-level feedback event on the mobile station comprises receiving the battery level when the battery level passes at least one power threshold level of the one or more power threshold levels.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more power threshold levels comprises multiple power threshold levels.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

providing, by the base station, one or more updates to the one or more power threshold levels based upon load of the network.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising requesting, by the base station, a battery level from the mobile station and receiving a battery level comprises receiving the battery level in response to the request.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining, by the base station, another operation parameter configuration for the mobile station based at least in part on the received battery level, wherein the another operation parameter configuration comprises a selection of a receiver scheme that is a matched filter receiver, a zero forcing receiver, or a minimum means squared receiver.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining, by the base station, another operation parameter configuration for the mobile station based at least in part on the received battery level, wherein the another operation parameter configuration comprises a selection of a hybrid automatic report requests (HARQ) scheme with a maximum number of HARQ retransmissions.

18. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining, by the base station, another operation parameter configuration for the mobile station based at least in part on the received battery level, wherein the another operation parameter configuration-comprises a selection of a channel reporting scheme that is event-driven channel reporting scheme or a differential channel reporting scheme.

19. A system comprising:

an omnidirectional antenna;

a control block configured to obtain a battery level for at least one battery of a device;

a transmit block operatively coupled to the omnidirectional antenna and the control block, the transmit block being configured to transmit information relating to the battery level to a base station of a network comprising a plurality of base stations and with which the device is communicatively associated; and

a receive block operatively coupled to the omnidirectional antenna and the control block, the receive block being configured to receive, from the base station, one or more power threshold levels to provide the control block a basis for a battery-level feedback event, the one or more power threshold levels having been selected by the base station based at least in part on a load of the network, and to receive information relating to at least one operation parameter configuration for the device based at least in part on the battery level;

wherein the at least one operation parameter configuration comprises a selection of an antenna scheme that is a single antenna scheme instead of a multiple antenna scheme;

wherein the control block is configured to configure operation parameters of the device based at least in part on the at least one operation parameter configuration.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein at least the transmit and receive blocks are part of a transceiver having at least one common component.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the control block is configured to control the transmit block to periodically transmit information relating to the battery level to the base station.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the control block is configured to control the transmit block to transmit information relating to the battery level based upon occurrence of the battery-level feedback event.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the receive block is further configured to receive a request, from the base station, for information relating to the battery level and the control block is configured to control the transmit block to transmit the information relating to the battery level in response to the request.