Adaptive data rate for a bilateral hearing prosthesis system
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1. A method comprising:
- determining, by a first hearing prosthesis prior to a first transmission interval, a data rate to be used by the first hearing prosthesis and a second hearing prosthesis during a second transmission interval, wherein the determined data rate is based on an acoustic environment in which the first hearing prosthesis and the second hearing prosthesis operate, and wherein the first hearing prosthesis and the second hearing prosthesis are bilateral hearing prostheses;
based on the determined data rate, determining by the first hearing prosthesis at least one of (i) a payload length for each data packet transmitted during the second transmission interval or (ii) a length of the second transmission interval;
during the first transmission interval, transmitting from the first hearing prosthesis to the second hearing prosthesis a first signal that includes an indication of the determined data rate, wherein the indication of the determined data rate comprises an indication of at least one of (i) the payload length for each data packet transmitted during the second transmission interval or (ii) the length of the second transmission interval; and
transmitting a second signal from the second hearing prosthesis to the first hearing prosthesis during the second transmission interval, wherein the second hearing prosthesis transmits the second signal at the determined data rate for the second transmission interval.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for determining a data rate for a communication between bilateral hearing prostheses are disclosed. A first hearing prosthesis transmits a first signal to a second hearing prosthesis during a first transmission interval. The second hearing prosthesis transmits a second signal to the first hearing prosthesis during a second transmission interval. The first signal includes an indication of a data rate for the second signal.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, by a first hearing prosthesis prior to a first transmission interval, a data rate to be used by the first hearing prosthesis and a second hearing prosthesis during a second transmission interval, wherein the determined data rate is based on an acoustic environment in which the first hearing prosthesis and the second hearing prosthesis operate, and wherein the first hearing prosthesis and the second hearing prosthesis are bilateral hearing prostheses; based on the determined data rate, determining by the first hearing prosthesis at least one of (i) a payload length for each data packet transmitted during the second transmission interval or (ii) a length of the second transmission interval; during the first transmission interval, transmitting from the first hearing prosthesis to the second hearing prosthesis a first signal that includes an indication of the determined data rate, wherein the indication of the determined data rate comprises an indication of at least one of (i) the payload length for each data packet transmitted during the second transmission interval or (ii) the length of the second transmission interval; and transmitting a second signal from the second hearing prosthesis to the first hearing prosthesis during the second transmission interval, wherein the second hearing prosthesis transmits the second signal at the determined data rate for the second transmission interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a first hearing prosthesis; a second hearing prosthesis, wherein the first hearing prosthesis and the second hearing prosthesis are bilateral hearing prostheses; and a remote device, wherein a first set of communications between the first hearing prosthesis and the second hearing prosthesis is interleaved with (i) a second set of communications between the remote device and the first hearing prosthesis and (ii) a third set of communications between the remote device and the second hearing prosthesis, and wherein the first hearing prosthesis determines, based on an acoustic environment in which the bilateral hearing prosthesis operate, (i) a data rate used by the bilateral prostheses for the first set of communications and, based on the determined data rate, (ii) at least one of (a) a payload length of each data packet included in the first set of communications or (b) an amount of time between communications in the first set of communications. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A hearing prosthesis comprising a transceiver and one or more processor configured to:
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identify an operating mode of the hearing prosthesis based on an acoustic environment in which the hearing prosthesis and an additional hearing prosthesis operate; determine, based on the operating mode, a data rate for a next communication cycle, wherein the data rate is used by the hearing prosthesis and the additional hearing prosthesis to transmit signals during the next communication cycle; based on the determined data rate, determine at least one of (i) a length of each transmission interval during the next communication cycle or (ii) an amount of time between each transmission interval during the next communication cycle; and transmit a signal to the additional hearing prosthesis via the transceiver that includes information indicative of the determined data rate for the next communication cycle, wherein the information indicative of the determined data rate comprises information indicative of at least one of (i) a length of each transmission interval during the next communication cycle or (ii) an amount of time between each transmission interval during the next communication cycle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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