Systems and methods for interfacing a white space device with a host device
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1. A white space device comprising:
- at least one port for communicatively interfacing with a host device to receive multimedia data from the host device, the multimedia data being optionally displayed at the host device while being received via the at least one port, the multimedia data being received in response to a user input received at the host device;
an encoder coupled with a multiplexer and physically encased in the white space device as a single physical unit comprising a short communication interface between the encoder and the at least one port, to encode at least a portion of the received multimedia data into a transport stream;
a white space spectrum controller to determine available white space spectrum periodically while quieting a transmitter and to adjust a transmission channel dynamically to maintain the transport stream, based at least in part on the determination; and
the transmitter to wirelessly output at least the transport stream encoded from the portion of the received multimedia data via white space.
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Abstract
Information is communicated from a host device to a receiving device via white space. A white space device is interfaced with the host device. The white space device has at least one port configured to communicatively interface with a host device to receive multimedia content from the host device. The white space device also optionally has a television band engine configured to encode a transport stream containing at least a portion of the multimedia content received from the host device. A transmitter is configured to transmit the transport stream via white space.
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1. A white space device comprising:
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at least one port for communicatively interfacing with a host device to receive multimedia data from the host device, the multimedia data being optionally displayed at the host device while being received via the at least one port, the multimedia data being received in response to a user input received at the host device; an encoder coupled with a multiplexer and physically encased in the white space device as a single physical unit comprising a short communication interface between the encoder and the at least one port, to encode at least a portion of the received multimedia data into a transport stream; a white space spectrum controller to determine available white space spectrum periodically while quieting a transmitter and to adjust a transmission channel dynamically to maintain the transport stream, based at least in part on the determination; and the transmitter to wirelessly output at least the transport stream encoded from the portion of the received multimedia data via white space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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communicatively interfacing, via at least one port, a white space device with a host device; receiving, by the white space device, multimedia data from the host device via the at least one port, the multimedia data being optionally displayed at the host device while being received via the at least one port, the multimedia data being received in response to a user input received at the host device; encoding, at an encoder coupled with a multiplexer and physically encased in the white space device as a single physical unit comprising a short communication interface between the encoder and the at least one port, at least a portion of the multimedia data into a transport stream; determining, at a white space spectrum controller, available white space spectrum periodically while quieting a transmitter and adjusting a transmission channel dynamically to maintain the transport stream, based at least in part on the determination; and wirelessly outputting, by the white space device, at least the transport stream encoded from the portion of the multimedia data via white space. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product for wireless communications, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising; program code to interface, via at least one port, a white space device with a host device; program code to receive multimedia data from the host device via the at least one port, the multimedia data being optionally displayed at the host device while being received via the at least one port, the multimedia data being received in response to a user input received at the host device; program code to encode, at an encoder coupled with a multiplexer and physically encased in the white space device as a single physical unit comprising a short communication interface between the encoder and the at least one port, at least a portion of the multimedia data into a transport stream; program code to determine at a white space spectrum controller available white space spectrum periodically while quieting a transmitter and to adjust a transmission channel dynamically to maintain the transport stream, based at least in part on the determination; and program code to wirelessly output at least the transport stream encoded from the portion of the multimedia data via white space.
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