Multi-radio wireless communication device method for synchronizing wireless network and bluetooth communications
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1. A multi-radio wireless communication device comprising:
- a Bluetooth (BT) radio module to establish a BT link with a BT device; and
a wireless-network radio module to generate a frame sync pulse associated with a frame of an OFDMA wireless network link and to provide the frame sync pulse to the BT radio module,wherein when the BT link is established prior to the wireless network link, the BT radio module is configured to adjust a master clock signal associated with the BT link by a predetermined step size before each first BT transmission of a BT interval in response to the frame sync pulse to shift positions of BT slots of the BT interval until a time difference between subsequent frame sync pulses and a synchronization reference point of one of the BT slots of the BT interval is reduced to less than a predetermined value,wherein the predetermined step size is no greater than a maximum value that the BT device is configured to adjust its slave clock to allow the BT link to be maintained with the BT device during the adjustment of the master clock signal, andwherein when the BT link is not established prior to the wireless network link, the BT radio module establishes the BT link to be initially synchronized with the wireless network link such that the time difference between subsequent frame sync pulses and a synchronization reference point of one of the BT slots of the BT interval is less than the predetermined value.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a multi-radio wireless communication device and methods for synchronizing wireless network and Bluetooth (BT) communications are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a BT radio module adjusts a master clock signal by a predetermined step size before each subsequent BT transmission in response to a frame sync pulse from a wireless network radio module to reduce a time difference between subsequent frame sync pulses and synchronization reference points of BT slots.
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1. A multi-radio wireless communication device comprising:
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a Bluetooth (BT) radio module to establish a BT link with a BT device; and a wireless-network radio module to generate a frame sync pulse associated with a frame of an OFDMA wireless network link and to provide the frame sync pulse to the BT radio module, wherein when the BT link is established prior to the wireless network link, the BT radio module is configured to adjust a master clock signal associated with the BT link by a predetermined step size before each first BT transmission of a BT interval in response to the frame sync pulse to shift positions of BT slots of the BT interval until a time difference between subsequent frame sync pulses and a synchronization reference point of one of the BT slots of the BT interval is reduced to less than a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined step size is no greater than a maximum value that the BT device is configured to adjust its slave clock to allow the BT link to be maintained with the BT device during the adjustment of the master clock signal, and wherein when the BT link is not established prior to the wireless network link, the BT radio module establishes the BT link to be initially synchronized with the wireless network link such that the time difference between subsequent frame sync pulses and a synchronization reference point of one of the BT slots of the BT interval is less than the predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of synchronizing wireless network and Bluetooth (BT) communications to enable coexistence therebetween comprising:
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generating, by a wireless-network radio module, a frame sync pulse associated with a frame for wireless network communications over an OFDMA wireless network link; and providing the frame sync pulse to a Bluetooth (BT) radio module, wherein when a BT link is established prior to the wireless network link, the method further comprises; adjusting, by the BT radio module, a master clock signal for communicating over the BT link by a predetermined step size before each first BT transmission of a BT interval in response to the frame sync pulse to shift positions of BT slots of the BT interval until a time difference between subsequent frame sync pulses and a synchronization reference point of one of the BT slots of the BT interval is reduced to less than a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined step size is no greater than a maximum value that the BT device is configured to adjust its slave clock to allow the BT link to be maintained with the BT device during the adjustment of the master clock signal, and wherein when the BT link is not established prior to the wireless network link, the method further comprises establishing, by the BT radio module, the BT link to be initially synchronized with the wireless network link. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A multi-radio wireless communication system comprising:
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a Bluetooth (BT) radio module to establish a BT synchronous connection oriented (SCO) link; and a WiMax radio module to establish an OFDMA communication link with a WiMax base station using one or more antennas and to generate a frame sync pulse associated with OFDMA frames communicated over the OFDMA communication link, the WiMax radio module configured to provide the frame sync pulse to the BT radio module, wherein when the BT SCO link is established prior to the OFDMA communication link, the BT radio module is configured to adjust a master clock signal by a predetermined step size before each first BT transmission of a BT interval of the BT SCO link in response to the frame sync pulse to shift positions of BT slots of the BT interval until a time difference between subsequent frame sync pulses and a synchronization reference point of one of the BT slots of the BT interval is reduced to less than a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined step size is no greater than a maximum value that the BT device is configured to adjust its slave clock to allow the BT SCO link to be maintained with the BT device during the adjustment of the master clock signal, and wherein when the BT SCO link is not established prior to the OFDMA communication link, the BT radio module establishes the BT SCO link to be initially synchronized with the OFDMA communication link. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors, synchronize wireless network and Bluetooth (BT) communications to enable coexistence therebetween, the one or more processors to:
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generate a frame sync pulse associated with a frame for wireless network communications over an OFDMA wireless network link; and provide the frame sync pulse to a Bluetooth (BT) radio module, wherein when a BT link is established prior to the wireless network link, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the BT radio module to adjust a master clock signal for communicating over the BT link by a predetermined step size before each first BT transmission of a BT interval in response to the frame sync pulse to shift positions of BT slots of the BT interval until a time difference between subsequent frame sync pulses and a synchronization reference point of one of the BT slots of the BT interval is reduced to less than a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined step size is no greater than a maximum value that the BT device is configured to adjust its slave clock to allow the BT link to be maintained with the BT device during the adjustment of the master clock signal, and wherein when the BT link is not established prior to the wireless network link, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the BT radio module to establish the BT link to be initially synchronized with the wireless network link. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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