Dynamically splitting jobs across multiple agnostic processors in wireless system

• US 9,176,782 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2012
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Quigley, Thomas, MacInnis, Alexander G., Behzad, Arya, Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Walley, John, Buer, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US13/716,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20130111493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,051 Days
• Field of Search: 455450-453, 4554221-425, 455 6711- 6716
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/329 by task scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5017 Task decomposition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/505 considering the load
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Dynamically splitting a job in wireless system between a processor other remote devices may involve evaluating a job that a wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be requested to perform. The job may be made of one or more tasks. The WMC device may evaluate by determining the availability of at least one local hardware resource of the wireless mobile communication device in processing the requested job. The WMC device may apportion one or more tasks making up the requested job between the wireless mobile communication device and a remote device. The apportioning may be based on the availability of the at least one local hardware resource.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device comprising:

circuitry configured to

evaluate availability of at least one local hardware resource of the wireless mobile communication device in processing a requested job; and

apportion one or more tasks making up the requested job between the wireless mobile communication device and a remote device based on the availability of the at least one local hardware resource.

2. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to subdivide the requested job into the one or more tasks.

3. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the apportioning is further based on at least one of capability of the wireless mobile communication device, connectivity between the wireless mobile communication device and the remote device, or combinations thereof.

4. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the at least one local hardware resource of the wireless mobile communication comprises power in the wireless mobile communication device.

5. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the evaluating takes into account a power requirement in processing the requested job at the wireless mobile communication device.

6. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the evaluating takes into account a power requirement of the apportioning the one or more tasks.

7. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the at least one local hardware resource of the wireless mobile communication device comprises a processing load on the remote device, and

the evaluating takes into account the processing load.

8. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the at least one local hardware resource of the wireless mobile communication device comprises bandwidth of a wireless link between the wireless mobile communication device and the remote device.

9. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the at least one local hardware resource of the wireless mobile communication device comprises memory in the wireless mobile communication device.

10. A device comprising:

processing circuitry operable to cause the device to;

receive a request for a job over a wireless link;

subdivide the job into one or more tasks; and

apportion the one or more tasks between the processing circuitry and a remote device, based on at least one of availability of local resources in the device, capability of the device, connectivity between the and the remote device over the wireless link, or combinations thereof.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the local resources in the device comprise power in the device.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein

the apportioning takes into account a power requirement in processing the requested job at the device.

13. The device according to claim 11, wherein

the apportioning takes into account a power requirement of the apportioning the one or more tasks.

14. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the local resources of the device comprise bandwidth of the wireless link.

15. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the connectivity comprises available quality of service (QOS) over the wireless link.

16. A method comprising:

evaluating, by a wireless mobile communication device, availability of local resources of the wireless mobile communication device in processing a requested job; and

assigning, by the wireless mobile communication device, one or more tasks making up the requested job to the wireless mobile communication device and to a remote device, based on the availability of the local resources of the wireless mobile communication device.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

subdividing the requested job into the one or more tasks.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein

the assigning is further based on at least one of capability of the wireless mobile communication device, connectivity between the wireless mobile communication device and the remote device, or combinations thereof.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein

the local resources of the wireless mobile communication device comprise a processing load on said remote device, and wherein the evaluating takes into account the processing load.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the local resources of the wireless mobile communication device comprise memory in the wireless mobile communication device.