Termination of wireless communication uplink periods to facilitate reception of other wireless communications
First Claim
1. A device comprising:
- a first radio configured to communicate wirelessly with a first station in accordance with a first wireless communication technology;
a second radio configured to communicate wirelessly with a second station in accordance with a second wireless communication technology; and
a controller configured to (i) terminate, without cooperation from the first station, scheduled portions of time for sending communications from the first radio to the first station in favor of receiving communications from the second station to the second radio and (ii) restrict, without cooperation from the first station, which of all available scheduled portions of time for sending communications from the first radio to the first station are provided for termination based on information about types of data transmitted in respective ones of the available scheduled portions of time, wherein the scheduled portions of time for sending communications from the first radio to the first station are scheduled by the first station.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to wireless communications by devices that employ more than one wireless communication technology. According to an aspect of the described systems and techniques, a device includes: a first radio configured to communicate wirelessly with a first station in accordance with a first wireless communication technology, a second radio configured to communicate wirelessly with a second station in accordance with a second wireless communication technology, a controller configured to (i) terminate scheduled portions of time for sending communications from the first radio to the first station in favor of receiving communications from the second station to the second radio and (ii) restrict which of all available scheduled portions of time for sending communications from the first radio to the first station are provided for termination based on information about types of data transmitted in respective ones of the available scheduled portions of time.
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20 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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a first radio configured to communicate wirelessly with a first station in accordance with a first wireless communication technology; a second radio configured to communicate wirelessly with a second station in accordance with a second wireless communication technology; and a controller configured to (i) terminate, without cooperation from the first station, scheduled portions of time for sending communications from the first radio to the first station in favor of receiving communications from the second station to the second radio and (ii) restrict, without cooperation from the first station, which of all available scheduled portions of time for sending communications from the first radio to the first station are provided for termination based on information about types of data transmitted in respective ones of the available scheduled portions of time, wherein the scheduled portions of time for sending communications from the first radio to the first station are scheduled by the first station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method performed for two or more radios coexisting in a single communications device, the method comprising:
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sending, by the single device using a first radio of the two or more radios, data in uplink periods designated for the first radio communicating with a first station; determining, based on uplink control information for the first radio, a proper subset of uplink periods designated for the first radio communicating with the first station, wherein each uplink period in the proper subset of uplink periods is scheduled by the first station; selecting, by the single device and without cooperation from the first station, one or more of the proper subset of uplink periods for puncture based on scheduled uplink period transmission types to produce one or more punctured uplink periods, wherein the single device is configured to terminate transmissions within the one or more punctured uplink periods; and receiving, by the single device using a second radio of the two or more radios, data from a second station during the one or more punctured uplink periods. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a base station configured to wirelessly communicate with a first set of mobile devices, including a given mobile device, wherein the base station is configured to schedule uplink periods for the given mobile device to communicate with the base station; an access point configured to wirelessly communicate with a second set of mobile devices, including the given mobile device; and the given mobile device comprising coexisting radios configured to communicate with the base station and the access point using respective, different wireless communication technologies, and means for restricting, without cooperation from the base station, which ones of the uplink periods are available for puncture, in favor of reception from the access point, based on information about types of data transmitted in respective ones of the uplink periods. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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