Techniques to train a personal area network component

• US 9,078,271 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Sherry S., Martinez Tarradell, Marta
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Jr., Otis L
• Application Number:
  US13/997,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20130315217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/26 Resource reservation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality

Abstract

Techniques to train a personal area network component may include obtaining a packet error rate from a personal area network component. It may be determined that the packet error rate is greater than a packet error rate threshold after a time period. A reservation may be requested from a wide area network component based a first transmit pattern from the personal area network component. A second or adjusted transmit pattern from the wide area network component may be received. Personal area network signals may be transmitted based on the second transmit pattern. The time period may be adjusted based on a personal area network packet error rate of the second transmit pattern. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An article comprising a non-transitory storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:

determine that a packet error rate from a personal area network component is greater than a packet error rate threshold after a time period;

request a reservation from a wide area network component based on a first transmit pattern from the personal area network component;

receive a second transmit pattern from the wide area network component;

transmit personal area network signals based on the second transmit pattern; and

decrease the time period when a packet error rate of the second transmit pattern is greater than the packet error rate threshold.

2. The article of claim 1, the non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

request a slot from the wide area network component in one or more periods where personal area network packets were lost.

3. The article of claim 1, the non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

receive the second transmit pattern where one or more slots are reserved for personal area network transmission.

4. The article of claim 1, the non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

configure the time period, the time period comprises eight times an integer.

5. The article of claim 1, the non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

record a time slot for a successful personal area network packet transmission in the first transmit pattern.

6. The article of claim 1, the non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

increase the time period when the packet error rate of the second pattern is less than the packet error rate threshold.

7. The article of claim 1, the non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

receive a trigger event from the wide area network component.

8. A method, comprising:

obtaining a first transmit pattern from a personal area network component;

determining that a packet error rate from the personal area network component is greater than a packet error rate threshold after a time period;

requesting a reservation from a wide area network component based on the first transmit pattern;

receiving a second transmit pattern from the wide area network component where one or more time slots are reserved for personal area network transmission; and

transmitting personal area network signals based on the second transmit pattern;

increasing the time period when a packet error rate of the second transmit pattern is less than the packet error rate threshold; and

decreasing the time period when the packet error rate of the second transmit pattern is greater than the packet error rate threshold.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising:

requesting a slot in one or more periods where personal area network packets were lost.

10. The method of claim 8, the personal area network component comprising a Bluetooth component and the wide area network component comprising a 4G component.

11. The method of claim 8, comprising:

recording a time slot for a successful personal area network packet transmission in the first transmit pattern.

12. The method of claim 8, comprising:

recording a negative one for a time slot in the first transmit pattern when a personal area network packet transmission is lost.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a processing component; and

logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic operative on the processing component to;

determine that a packet error rate from a personal area network component is greater than a packet error rate threshold after a time period;

request a reservation from a wide area network component based on a first transmit pattern from the personal area network component;

receive a second transmit pattern from the wide area network component;

transmit personal area network signals based on the second transmit pattern; and

decrease the time period when a packet error rate of the second transmit pattern is greater than the packet error rate threshold.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, comprising:

a touch screen display.