Dual-SIM wireless communications device and method for mitigating receiver desense in dual-active operation

• US 9,538,580 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2015
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Sun, Jing, Mahajan, Amit, Attar, Rashid Ahmed Akbar, Hu, Jun, Lou, Huang
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US14/729,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271872A1
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/556.1, 455/414.1, 455/413, 455/418, 455/410, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 455/426.1, 379/251, 379/265.13, 375/373, 375/285
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide for an access terminal configured to enable communication with two or more wireless communications networks simultaneously. According to some aspects of the disclosure, an access terminal (e.g., dual-SIM access terminal) can be active simultaneously on both networks with reduced interference between transmission and reception. A number of different techniques for mitigating desense on a victim'"'"'s Rx are illustrated in this disclosure with a GSM aggressor and an EV-DO victim as non-limiting examples. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Claims

1. A method of mitigating receiver desense at a dual-SIM access terminal during dual-active mode, comprising:

during a transmitting time period, transmitting first data using a first radio access circuit of a first radio access technology (RAT);

during at least a portion of the transmitting time period, receiving second data using a second radio access circuit of a second RAT;

storing the second data in a memory;

determining a desense value indicative of a degree of desense on the reception of the second data caused by the transmission of the first data; and

selectively nulling the second data in the memory based on the desense value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAT is Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and the second RAT is Evolution for Data Optimized (EV-DO).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the desense value comprises determining a saturation ratio or an average amplitude of the second data stored in the memory, as the desense value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the desense value comprises estimating energy of the second data using a narrow band energy estimator, as the desense value.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the estimating comprises computing average energy of the second data per GSM uplink slot for transmitting the first data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectively nulling comprises comparing the desense value with a threshold value to decide whether or not to null the second data in the memory.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the decision whether or not to null is made per GSM uplink frequency utilized by the first radio circuit.

8. The method of claim 6,

wherein the decision whether or not to null is made in a GSM uplink slot N for transmitting the first data, and

wherein the selectively nulling comprises nulling the second data in a GSM uplink slot N+1 for transmitting the first data, in accordance with the decision made in the GSM uplink slot N.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering the desense value with an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the IIR filter comprises a plurality of filters respectively corresponding to a plurality of GSM uplink frequencies for transmitting the first data.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises an FERAM or LRAM.

12. A dual-SIM access terminal capable of mitigating receiver desense during dual-active mode, comprising:

a first radio access circuit of a first radio access technology (RAT);

a second radio access circuit of a second RAT;

during a transmitting time period, means for transmitting first data using the first radio access circuit;

during at least a portion of the transmitting time period, means for receiving second data using the second radio access circuit;

means for storing the second data in a memory;

means for determining a desense value indicative of a degree of desense on the reception of the second data caused by the transmission of the first data; and

means for selectively nulling the second data in the memory based on the desense value.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising code for causing a dual-SIM access terminal capable of mitigating receiver desense during dual-active mode, to:

during a transmitting time period, transmit first data using a first radio access circuit of a first radio access technology (RAT);

during at least a portion of the transmitting time period, receive second data using a second radio access circuit of a second RAT;

store the second data in a memory;

determine a desense value indicative of a degree of desense on the reception of the second data caused by the transmission of the first data; and

selectively null the second data in the memory based on the desense value.

14. A dual-SIM access terminal capable of mitigating receiver desense during dual-active mode, comprising:

at least one processor;

a first radio access circuit of a first radio access technology (RAT) coupled to the at least one processor;

a second radio access circuit of a second RAT coupled to the at least one processor;

a memory coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to;

during a transmitting time period, transmit first data using the first radio access circuit;

during at least a portion of the transmitting time period, receive second data using the second radio access circuit;

store the second data in a memory;

determine a desense value indicative of a degree of desense on the reception of the second data caused by the transmission of the first data; and

selectively null the second data in the memory based on the desense value.

15. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 14, wherein the first RAT is Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and the second RAT is Evolution for Data Optimized (EV-DO).

16. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a saturation ratio or an average of the second data stored in the memory, as the desense value.

17. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 14, further comprising a narrow band (NB) energy estimator coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to estimate energy of the second data using the NB energy estimator, as the desense value.

18. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to compute average energy of the second data per GSM uplink slot for transmitting the first data.

19. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to compare the desense value with a threshold value to decide whether or not to null the second data in the memory.

20. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to decide whether or not to null per GSM uplink frequency utilized by the first radio circuit.

21. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

decide whether or not to null in a GSM uplink slot N for transmitting the first data, and

selectively null the second data in a GSM uplink slot N+1 for transmitting the first data, in accordance with the decision made in the GSM uplink slot N.

22. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to filter the desense value with an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter.

23. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 22, wherein the IIR filter comprises a plurality of filters respectively corresponding to a plurality of GSM uplink frequencies for transmitting the first data.

24. The dual-SIM access terminal of claim 14, wherein the memory comprises an FERAM or LRAM.