Techniques for management of shared resources in wireless multi-communication devices
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a network adapter configured for wireless communication using a plurality of wireless technologies that share at least one of a plurality of shared hardware (HW) components,wherein said network adapter, in operation, shares at least one of the plurality of shared HW components by generating a notification indicating that a shared HW resource has become available to a requesting device that needs said HW resource;
configuring said requesting device to an unmask state such that said requesting device receives said generated notification, and upon receiving said notification in the unmask state, wakes up and performs a pending action; and
configuring said requesting device to a mask state in which said requesting device ignores said generated notification.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a network adapter configured for wireless communication using more than one technology, wherein the network adapter is configured to share a plurality of shared hardware (HW) components by generating a notification when a shared HW resource becomes available to a requesting device that needs the HW resource, and registering the requesting device so that it will receive the notifications when generated; and wherein upon receiving the notifications, the requesting device will wake up and perform a pending action.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a network adapter configured for wireless communication using a plurality of wireless technologies that share at least one of a plurality of shared hardware (HW) components, wherein said network adapter, in operation, shares at least one of the plurality of shared HW components by generating a notification indicating that a shared HW resource has become available to a requesting device that needs said HW resource;
configuring said requesting device to an unmask state such that said requesting device receives said generated notification, and upon receiving said notification in the unmask state, wakes up and performs a pending action; and
configuring said requesting device to a mask state in which said requesting device ignores said generated notification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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configuring a network adapter for wireless communication using a plurality of wireless technologies that share at least one of a plurality of shared hardware (HW) components; and configuring said network adapter to share at least one of the plurality of HW components by generating a notification indicating that a shared HW resource has become available to a requesting device that needs said HW resource, configuring said requesting device to an unmask state, such that said requesting device receives said generated notification, and upon receiving said notification in the unmask state, wakes up and performs a pending action, and configuring said requesting device to a mask state in which said requesting device ignores said generated notification. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article comprising a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, when executed by a computing platform, result in:
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configuring a network adapter for wireless communication using a plurality of wireless technologies that share at least one of a plurality of shared hardware (HW) components; and configuring said network adapter to share at least one of the plurality of HW components by generating a notification indicating that a shared HW resource has become available to a requesting device that needs said HW resource, configuring said requesting device to an unmask state, such that said requesting device receives said generated notification, and upon receiving said notification in the unmask state, wakes up and performs a pending action, and configuring said requesting device to a mask state in which said requesting device ignores said generated notification. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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a network adapter configured for wireless communication using a plurality of wireless technologies that share at least one of a plurality of shared hardware (HW) components, wherein said network adapter is configured to share at least one of the plurality of HW components by; generating a notification indicating that a shared HW resource has become available to a requesting device that needs said HW resource, based on a result of a network scan performed by said requesting device or a determination that time elapsed since the network scan is greater than a threshold, or both, configuring said requesting device to an unmask state, such that said requesting device receives said generated notification, and upon receiving said notification in the unmask state, wakes up and performs a pending action, and configuring said requesting device to a mask state in which said requesting device ignores said generated notification.
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22. A method, comprising:
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configuring a network adapter for wireless communication using a plurality of wireless technologies that share at least one of a plurality of shared hardware (HW) components; and configuring said network adapter to share at least one of the plurality of HW components by; generating a notification indicating that a shared HW resource has become available to a requesting device that needs said HW resource, based on a result of a network scan performed by said requesting device or a determination that time elapsed since the network scan is greater than a threshold, or both, configuring said requesting device to an unmask state, such that said requesting device receives said generated notification, and upon receiving said notification in the unmask state, wakes up and performs a pending action, and configuring said requesting device to a mask state in which said requesting device ignores said generated notification.
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23. An article comprising a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, when executed by a computing platform, result in:
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configuring a network adapter for wireless communication using a plurality of wireless technologies that share at least one of a plurality of shared hardware (HW) components; and configuring said network adapter to share at least one of the plurality of HW components by; generating a notification indicating that a shared HW resource has becomes available to a requesting device that needs said HW resource, based on a result of a network scan performed by said requesting device or a determination that time elapsed since the network scan is greater than a threshold, or both, configuring said requesting device to an unmask state, such that said requesting device receives said generated notification, and upon receiving said notification in the unmask state, wakes up and performs a pending action, and configuring said requesting device to a mask state in which said requesting device ignores said generated notification.
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