System capability discovery for software defined radio
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1. A computer apparatus comprising:
- programmable circuitry;
at least one computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software to program the programmable circuitry to implement a software defined radio; and
a verification module to obtain protocol requirements indicating requirements of a specified wireless communication protocol that correspond to the software defined radio, the protocol requirements including at least an operating system requirement and a radio hardware requirement, the verification module also to obtain capability information indicating an operating system capability of a first computing device and a radio capability of a radio of the computing device, the verification module further to determine from the protocol requirements and the capability information whether the software defined radio is able to communicate on the computing device according to the specified wireless communication protocol.
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Abstract
Capability checking to examine a computing device'"'"'s capabilities to determine if the device supports a software defined radio to communicate according to a specific wireless protocol. Applicants have appreciated that as the reliance on software defined radio increases, numerous potential options may be available to a user for performing wireless communication. Applicants have appreciated the desirability of providing the ability to discover the capabilities of a user'"'"'s computer to determine whether it is capable of supporting one or more wireless protocols.
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1. A computer apparatus comprising:
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programmable circuitry; at least one computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software to program the programmable circuitry to implement a software defined radio; and a verification module to obtain protocol requirements indicating requirements of a specified wireless communication protocol that correspond to the software defined radio, the protocol requirements including at least an operating system requirement and a radio hardware requirement, the verification module also to obtain capability information indicating an operating system capability of a first computing device and a radio capability of a radio of the computing device, the verification module further to determine from the protocol requirements and the capability information whether the software defined radio is able to communicate on the computing device according to the specified wireless communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer apparatus comprising:
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programmable circuitry of a first computing device; at least one computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software to program the programmable circuitry to implement a software defined radio that implements a specified wireless protocol; and a verification module to determine, when the software defined radio is not present on the first computing device, whether the first computing device meets requirements of the software defined radio, wherein the verification module obtains first information comprising device requirements for a device to implement the software defined radio and obtains second information about at least one capability of the first computing device, the verification module to determine from the first and second information whether the software defined radio can be implemented by the first computing device to communicate according to the wireless communication protocol, the at least one capability comprising at least one capability of hardware of the programmable circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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programmable circuitry of a first computing device; at least one computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software to implement a software defined radio that implements a specified wireless protocol; means for obtaining first information comprising device requirements for a device to implement the software defined radio and for obtaining second information about at least one capability of the first computing device, the at least one capability comprising at least one capability of hardware of the programmable circuitry; and means for determining, from the first and second information, when the software defined radio is not present on the apparatus, whether the software defined radio can be implemented by the first computing device to communicate according to the wireless communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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