Methodology, module, terminal, and system enabling scheduled operation of a radio frequency identification (RFID) subsystem and a wireless communication subsystem
First Claim
1. Method comprising:
- determining one or more periods of activity of a wireless communication subsystem;
deriving one or more periods of non-activity on the basis of the one or more determined periods of activity;
synchronizing an operation of a radio frequency identification communication subsystem with the one or more periods of non-activity; and
triggering the operation of the radio frequency identification communication subsystem in accordance with the one or more derived periods of non-activity to enable substantially concurrent communications operation of the wireless communication subsystem and the radio frequency identification communication subsystem.
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Abstract
A method for scheduling communications over a wireless communication subsystem and a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication subsystem comprising determining one or more periods of activity of the wireless communication subsystem; deriving one or more periods of non-activity on the basis of the one or more determined periods of activity; synchronizing an operation of the radio frequency identification (RFID) communication subsystem with the one or more periods of non-activity; and triggering the operation of the radio frequency identification (RFID) communication subsystem in accordance with the one or more derived periods of non-activity to enable substantially concurrent communications operation of the wireless communication subsystem and the radio frequency identification (RFID) communication subsystem.
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45 Claims
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1. Method comprising:
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determining one or more periods of activity of a wireless communication subsystem; deriving one or more periods of non-activity on the basis of the one or more determined periods of activity; synchronizing an operation of a radio frequency identification communication subsystem with the one or more periods of non-activity; and triggering the operation of the radio frequency identification communication subsystem in accordance with the one or more derived periods of non-activity to enable substantially concurrent communications operation of the wireless communication subsystem and the radio frequency identification communication subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising a processing unit and a memory including software instructions, the memory and the software instructions configured to, with the processing unit, direct the apparatus at least to:
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determine one or more periods of activity of a wireless communication subsystem and derive one or more periods of non-activity on the basis of the one or more determined periods of activity; synchronize with the one or more periods of non-activity; and cause a trigger signal to be generated to trigger an operation of a radio frequency identification communication subsystem in accordance with the one or more derived periods of non-activity to enable substantially concurrent communications operation of the wireless communication subsystem and the radio frequency identification communication subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. Terminal device comprising a scheduling module operable with a wireless communication subsystem and a radio frequency identification communication subsystem;
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wherein the scheduling module is configured to determine one or more periods of activity of the wireless communication subsystem and derive one or more periods of non-activity on the basis of the one or more determined periods of activity; wherein the scheduling module is synchronized with the one or more periods of non-activity; and wherein the scheduling module is configured to cause a trigger signal to be generated to trigger an operation of the radio frequency identification communication subsystem in accordance with the one or more derived periods of non-activity to enable substantially concurrent communications operation of the wireless communication subsystem and the radio frequency identification communication subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. System comprising a scheduling module operable with a wireless communication subsystem and a radio frequency identification communication subsystem;
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wherein the scheduling module is configured to determine one or more periods of activity of the wireless communication subsystem and derive one or more periods of non-activity on the basis of the one or more determined periods of activity; wherein the scheduling module is synchronized with the one or more periods of non-activity; and wherein the scheduling module is configured to cause a trigger signal to be generated to trigger an operation of the radio frequency identification communication subsystem in accordance with the one or more derived periods of non-activity to enable substantially concurrent communications operation of the wireless communication subsystem and the radio frequency identification communication subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon, the program code configured to direct an apparatus to:
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determine one or more periods of activity of a wireless communication subsystem;
derive one or more periods of non-activity on the basis of the one or more determined periods of activity;synchronize an operation of a radio frequency identification communication subsystem with the one or more periods of non-activity; and trigger the operation of the radio frequency identification communication subsystem in accordance with the one or more derived periods of non-activity to enable substantially concurrent communications operation of the wireless communication subsystem and the radio frequency identification communication subsystem.
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