Transceiver device and power saving method thereof

• US 8,219,156 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2008
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IC Plus Corp.
• Original Assignee: IC Plus Corp.
• Inventors: Liu, Tsu-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): CORBIN, KENNETH B
• Application Number:
  US12/247,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20100029346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,371 Days
• Field of Search: 455/574, 455/73, 455/78, 455/552.1, 455/553.3, 455/432.2, 375/219
• US Class Current: 455/574
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/336 Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0241 where no transmission is received, e.g. out of range of the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/48 during retransmission after error or non-acknowledgment
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A transceiver device and a power saving method thereof are provided. The transceiver device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a control module. The control module is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. After the control module lowers the output power of either the transmitter, the receiver, or both of them, the control module checks a signal transmission between the transceiver device and a far-end device is normal or not. When the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is abnormal, the control module readjusts the output power of the transmitter, the receiver, or both of them. Thereby, the power consumption of the transceiver device is decreased.

Claims

1. A transceiver device, comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a control module, coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, for checking a signal transmission between the transceiver device and a far-end device is normal or not after lowering output power of the transmitter, the receiver or both of them, wherein when the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is abnormal, the control module readjusts the output power of the transmitter and the receiver;

wherein, the transmitter transmits a plurality of signals encoded by at least two different encoding formats separately in sequence to the far-end device, and the control module checks the encoding format of each of a plurality of received signals encoded by a first encoding format from the far-end device received by the receiver to determine the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is normal or not, and the transmitter transmits a plurality of transmitted signals encoded by a second encoding format to inform the far-end device that the adjustment of the receiver has been finished when the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is normal.

2. The transceiver device according to claim 1, wherein the control module comprises:

a timer, for timing a period of time when the transmitter transmits a signal to the far-end device; and

an analysis circuit, coupled to the receiver and the timer, for checking whether the transceiver device receives a confirmation signal outputted by the far-end device in the above period of time or not, thereby determining whether the far-end device can receive the signal output from the transmitter normally or not.

3. The transceiver device according to claim 1, wherein the control module comprises:

an analysis circuit, coupled to the receiver, for receiving a signal outputted by the far-end device, and analyzing a parameter of the signal, thereby determining whether the transceiver device can receive the signal outputted by the far-end device normally or not.

4. The transceiver device according to claim 3, wherein the parameter comprises an intensity of the signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a power, or a combination thereof.

5. The transceiver device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter comprises:

an adjustable power supply, coupled to the control module, and controlled by the control module to adjust the output power.

6. The transceiver device according to claim 5, wherein the adjustable power supply is an adjustable voltage source or an adjustable current source.

7. A power saving method of a transceiver device, wherein the transceiver device comprises a transmitter and a receiver, the method comprising:

lowering output power of the transmitter and the receiver;

checking whether a signal transmission between the transceiver device and a far-end device is normal or not; and

readjusting the output power of the transmitter and the receiver when the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is abnormal,

wherein, a plurality of signals encoded by at least two different encoding formats separately transmitted by the transmitter to the far-end device in sequence, and the encoding format of each of a plurality of received signals encoded by a first encoding format from the far-end device received by the receiver is checked by a control module for determining the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is normal or not, and the transmitter transmits a plurality of transmitted signals encoded by a second encoding format to inform the far-end device that the adjustment of the receiver has been finished when the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is normal.

8. The power saving method of a transceiver device according to claim 7, wherein the step of checking whether the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is normal or not comprises:

determining whether the far-end device can receive a signal outputted by the transmitter normally or not.

9. The power saving method of a transceiver device according to claim 8, wherein the step of determining whether the far-end device can receive the signal outputted by the transmitter normally or not comprises:

transmitting a signal from the transmitter to the far-end device, and timing a period of time; and

checking whether the transceiver device receives a confirmation signal outputted by the far-end device in the above period of time or not, thereby determining whether the far-end device can receive the signal outputted by the transmitter normally or not.

10. The power saving method of a transceiver device according to claim 7, wherein the step of checking whether the signal transmission between the transceiver device and the far-end device is normal or not comprises:

determining whether the transceiver device can receive a signal outputted by the far-end device normally or not.

11. The power saving method of a transceiver device according to claim 10, wherein the step of determining whether the transceiver device can receive the signal outputted by the far-end device normally or not comprises:

receiving the signal outputted by the far-end device; and

analyzing a parameter of the signal, thereby determining whether the transceiver device can receive the signal outputted by the far-end device normally or not.

12. The power saving method of a transceiver device according to claim 11, wherein the parameter comprises an intensity of the signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a power, or a combination thereof.