Concurrent BLE scanning and initiation for bandwidth efficiency and power saving
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1. A method comprising:
- opening a receiving window in a device to receive a packet transmission according to a proximal wireless transmission protocol compliant with a Bluetooth Low Energy wireless specification;
using the receiving window to identify an address of the packet transmission to perform an initiating operation to connect to a remote device;
using the receiving window to identify an address of the packet transmission to perform a scanning operation; and
performing both the scanning operation and the initiating operation utilizing the same receiving window while the receiving window is open, instead of opening two receiving windows to perform separate scanning and initiating operations.
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Abstract
A technique to open a single receiving window to perform scanning and initiating operations in a Bluetooth Low Energy compliant device, instead of using two separate receiving windows to perform the equivalent operations. The combining of the scanning and initiating operations in one receiving window, instead of two separate windows, reduces power consumption and provides for bandwidth efficiency.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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opening a receiving window in a device to receive a packet transmission according to a proximal wireless transmission protocol compliant with a Bluetooth Low Energy wireless specification; using the receiving window to identify an address of the packet transmission to perform an initiating operation to connect to a remote device; using the receiving window to identify an address of the packet transmission to perform a scanning operation; and performing both the scanning operation and the initiating operation utilizing the same receiving window while the receiving window is open, instead of opening two receiving windows to perform separate scanning and initiating operations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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utilizing a LINK layer operation to open a receiving window in a device to receive a transmitted advertisement packet that is transmitted in accordance with a Bluetooth Low Energy wireless specification; utilizing the LINK layer operation to identify an address of the advertisement packet when the receiving window is open to perform an initiating operation to connect to a remote device; utilizing the LINK layer operation to identify an address of the advertisement packet when the receiving window is open to perform a scanning operation; and performing both the scanning operation and the initiating operation utilizing the same receiving window while the receiving window is open, instead of opening two receiving windows to perform separate scanning and initiating operations. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a radio frequency front end to configured to function as a Physical (PHY) layer for wireless communication; and a baseband module coupled to the radio frequency front end configured to function as a LINK layer for the wireless communication, the LINK layer configured to; open a receiving window in a device to receive a transmitted advertisement packet that is transmitted in accordance with a Bluetooth Low Energy wireless specification; identify an address of the advertisement packet when the receiving window is open to perform an initiating operation to connect to a remote device; identify an address of the advertisement packet when the receiving window is open to perform a scanning operation; and perform both the scanning operation and the initiating operation utilizing the same receiving window while the receiving window is open, instead of opening two receiving windows to perform separate scanning and initiating operations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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