Simultaneously maintaining bluetooth and 802.11 connections to increase data throughput
First Claim
1. A method for communication between mobile communication devices on a wireless network, the method comprising:
- performing a scan to detect a secondary communication device, wherein scanning includes receiving one or more beacons from the secondary communication device;
determining if the secondary communication device has an available Bluetooth Alternate MAC Physical (BT AMP) layer based on the one or more beacons;
establishing a Bluetooth connection (BT connection) between a primary communication device and the secondary communication device;
establishing an IEEE 802.11 connection between the primary communication device and the secondary communication device;
establishing a logical BT connection over the IEEE 802.11 connection in response to determining the availability of a Bluetooth Alternate MAC Physical (BT AMP) layer on the secondary communication device;
simultaneously maintaining the BT connection, the logical BT connection, and the IEEE 802.11 connection; and
transmitting and receiving i) Bluetooth data packets (BT data packets) over the logical BT connection, ii) IEEE 802.11 data packets over the IEEE 802.11 connection, and iii) Bluetooth (BT) configuration data over the Bluetooth connection.
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Abstract
A device for wirelessly communicating between one or more mobile communication devices over a wireless network. A primary mobile communication device is configured to establish one or more connections to one or more secondary mobile communication devices. The primary mobile communication device is further configured to establish a first connection and a second connection to at least one of the secondary mobile communication devices. The first connection is a Bluetooth (BT) connection and the second connection is a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) connection. The primary mobile device is also configured to establish a third connection to another secondary mobile communication device wherein the third connection is a WiFi connection. Additionally, the primary mobile communication device is configured to simultaneously maintain the BT connection and the WiFi connections during the bi-directional transmission of data between the primary mobile communication device and the secondary mobile communication devices.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for communication between mobile communication devices on a wireless network, the method comprising:
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performing a scan to detect a secondary communication device, wherein scanning includes receiving one or more beacons from the secondary communication device; determining if the secondary communication device has an available Bluetooth Alternate MAC Physical (BT AMP) layer based on the one or more beacons; establishing a Bluetooth connection (BT connection) between a primary communication device and the secondary communication device; establishing an IEEE 802.11 connection between the primary communication device and the secondary communication device; establishing a logical BT connection over the IEEE 802.11 connection in response to determining the availability of a Bluetooth Alternate MAC Physical (BT AMP) layer on the secondary communication device; simultaneously maintaining the BT connection, the logical BT connection, and the IEEE 802.11 connection; and transmitting and receiving i) Bluetooth data packets (BT data packets) over the logical BT connection, ii) IEEE 802.11 data packets over the IEEE 802.11 connection, and iii) Bluetooth (BT) configuration data over the Bluetooth connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for simultaneous communication on a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
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a primary communication device to scan and detect one or more secondary communication devices, wherein scanning includes receiving one or more beacons from the one or more secondary communication devices; the primary communication device to determine if the one or more secondary communication devices have an available Bluetooth Alternate MAC Physical (BT AMP) layer based on the one or more beacons; the primary communication device to establish a first connection and a second connection to at least one of the secondary communication devices, wherein i) the first connection is a Bluetooth connection (BT connection), and ii) the second connection is an IEEE 802.11 connection; the primary communication device to establish a logical BT connection to the at least one of the secondary communication devices over the second connection in response to determining the availability of a BT AMP layer on the at least one of the secondary communication devices; the primary communication device to transmit and receive Bluetooth data packets (BT data packets) over the logical BT connection, IEEE 802.11 data packets over the IEEE 802.11 connection, and BT configuration data over the Bluetooth connection; and the primary communication device to simultaneously maintain the logical Bluetooth connection, the BT connection and the IEEE 802.11 connection. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for simultaneous communication on a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
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a primary communication device to scan and detect a secondary communication device , wherein scanning includes receiving one or more beacons from the secondary communication device; determining if the secondary communication device has an available Bluetooth Alternate MAC Physical (BT AMP) layer based on the one or more beacons; the primary communication device to establish one or more connections to the secondary communication device and an Access Point (AP); the primary communication device to establish a first connection and a second connection to the secondary communication device, wherein the first connection is a Bluetooth connection (BT connection) and the second connection is a first IEEE 802.11 connection; the primary communication device to establish a logical BT connection to the secondary communication device over the second connection in response to determining the availability of a BT AMP layer on the secondary communication device; the primary device to establish a third connection to the AP wherein the third connection is a second IEEE 802.11 connection; and the primary communication device to simultaneously maintain the BT connection, the logical BT connection and the first IEEE 802.11 connection while the primary communication device simultaneously transmits data to both the secondary communication device and the AP. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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