Dynamically reconfigurable universal transmitter system

• US 8,781,399 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2013
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Medlock, Joel D., Jha, Uma, Holmes, David M., Chen, Andrea Y. J., Kartheepan, Madasamy
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US13/958,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20130316666A1
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 455/59, 455/61, 455101-103, 375/299
• US Class Current: 455/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/04 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/06 at the transmitting station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99955 Archiving or backup

Abstract

A dynamically reconfigurable universal transmitter system is disclosed herein. The electronic device includes multiple transmitter resources for generating transmission signals, an output bus; and an antenna summer coupled to the output bus. The output bus is selectively coupled to the plurality of transmitter resources and it selectively receives transmission signals from the plurality of transmission resources. The antenna summer stores transmission signals received on the output bus.

Claims

1. A configurable transmitter resource for generating any one of a plurality of channel formats, the configurable transmitter resource comprising:

a memory comprising information for the plurality of channel formats to which the configurable transmitter resource can be configured;

a processor coupled to the memory, the memory comprising instructions and data that, when executed on the processor, implement a method for operating the configurable transmitter resource; and

a universal transmitter unit coupled to the processor and comprising a plurality of hardware resources operating within a system cycle, wherein each of the hardware resources is configured to selectively provide one of a plurality of data samples for modulating a data signalwherein the plurality of virtual resources are respective time-sliced uses of a same hardware resource.

2. The configurable transmitter resource recited in claim 1, wherein the hardware resources are configurable to modulate data for a plurality of modulations schemes.

3. The configurable transmitter resource recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of channel format information is stored in a slot format table including any combination of puncturing information, slot size, spreading factor, or identification of a source of data.

4. The configurable transmitter resource recited in claim 1, further comprising:

at least one parameterizeable interface coupled to the local memory, the parameterizeable interface configurable to any one of the plurality of transmission signal types designated by control information.

5. In a configurable transmitter resource having a universal transmitter unit and a memory including a plurality of channel formats to which the configurable transmitter resource can be configured, a method comprising:

selectively providing, by at least one of a plurality of hardware resources operating within a system cycle and located in the universal transmitter unit, one of a plurality of data samples for modulating a data signal in accordance with any one of the plurality of channel formats;

modulating, by the at least one of the plurality of hardware resources, the data signal in accordance with the channel format; and

wherein the plurality of virtual resources are respective time-sliced uses of a same hardware resource.