Apparatus and method for adaptive multimedia reception and transmission in communication environments

• US 7,403,981 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2002
• Issued: 07/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Altera Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Original Assignee: QuickSilver Controls, Inc.
• Inventors: Master, Paul L., Uvacek, Bohumir
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Nghi V
• Application Number:
  US10/040,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20030140123A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,391 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220, 709/228, 709/223
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• 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

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for configuration of adaptive integrated circuitry, to provide one or more operating modes or other functionality in a communication device, such as a cellular telephone, a GSM telephone, another type of mobile telephone or mobile station, or any other type of media communication device, including video, voice or radio, or other forms of multimedia. The adaptive integrated circuitry is configured and reconfigured for multiple tasks, such as channel acquisition, voice transmission, or multimedia and other data processing. In the preferred embodiment, the configuration and reconfiguration occurs to adaptively optimize the performance of the particular activity over time, such as to increase the speed of channel acquisition, increase throughput rates, increase perceived voice and media quality, and decrease the rate of dropped communication sessions.

Claims

1. An apparatus for adaptive multimedia transmission and reception, the apparatus comprising:

a network interface;

a plurality of heterogeneous computational elements, a first computational element of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements having a first fixed architecture and a second computational element of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements having a second, different fixed architecture; and

an interconnection network coupled to the network interface and to the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements, the interconnection network adapted, in response to first configuration information, to configure a first plurality of input and output data connections among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for a first media functional mode of a plurality of media functional modes, and the interconnection network further adapted, in response to second configuration information, to configure a second plurality of input and output data connections among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for a second, different media functional mode of the plurality of media functional modes, the plurality of media functional modes comprising an acquisition mode and a traffic mode, the traffic mode including a voice reception mode, a voice transmission mode and a control processing mode, the control processing mode processing a plurality of GSM control channels including a broadcast control channel (BCCH), a frequency-correction channel, a synchronization channel (SCH), a plurality of common control channels (CCCH), a slow associated control channels (SACCH), and a fast associated control channel (FACCH).

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media functional modes further comprises an idle mode.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acquisition mode includes a channel acquisition mode and a control processing mode.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the traffic mode includes a data reception mode, a data transmission mode, a data processing mode, and a control processing mode.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the traffic mode includes a media reception mode, a media transmission mode, a media processing mode, and a control processing mode.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure a third plurality of input and output data connections among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for media reception on a plurality of frequencies.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure a third plurality of input and output data connections among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for media reception in a plurality of time division multiple access (TDMA) time slots.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure a third plurality of input and output data connections among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for media transmission on a plurality of frequencies.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure a third plurality of input and output data connections among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for media transmission in a plurality of time division multiple access (TDMA) time slots.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a timing unit coupled to the network interface, to plurality of heterogeneous computational elements and to the interconnection network, the timing unit operative to provide synchronization and over sampling.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the timing unit is comprised of a plurality of heterogeneous computational elements and interconnection network.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory coupled to the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements and to the interconnection network, the memory operative to store the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first configuration information and the second configuration information are stored in a second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements configured for a memory functional mode.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first configuration information and the second configuration information are stored as a configuration of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first fixed architecture and the second fixed architecture are selected from a plurality of specific architectures, the plurality of specific architectures including functions for memory, addition, multiplication, complex multiplication, subtraction, synchronization, queuing, over sampling, under sampling, adaptation, configuration, reconfiguration, control, input, output, and field programmability.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a controller coupled to the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements and to the interconnection network, the controller operative to direct and schedule the configuration of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for the first functional mode and the reconfiguration of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for the second functional mode.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements coupled to the interconnection network, the second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements having a third plurality of input and output data connections configured by the interconnection network for a controller operating mode, the configured second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements operative to direct and schedule the configuration of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements by the interconnection network for the first media functional mode and the second media functional mode.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein apparatus is embodied within a mobile station having a plurality of operating modes.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the plurality of operating modes of the mobile station includes mobile telecommunication, personal digital assistance, multimedia reception, mobile packet-based communication, and paging.

20. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a first portion of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements are operating in the first media functional mode while a second portion of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements are being configured for the second media functional mode.

21. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure the first and second pluralities of input and output data connections among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements by providing circuit-switched connections for input and output data transfer.

22. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure the first and second pluralities of input and output data connections among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements by providing routing of data packets for input and output data transfer.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the data packets further comprise routing information for self-routing of the data packets.

24. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interconnection network further comprises a plurality of levels of interconnection, a first level of interconnection of the plurality of levels of interconnection adapted to route a plurality of data packets as the configuration of the first and second pluralities of input and output data connections.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein a second level of interconnection of the plurality of levels of interconnection is adapted to provide circuit-switched connections for input and output data transfer as the configuration of the first and second pluralities of input and output data connections.

26. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the network interface is a wireless communication network interface.

27. An adaptive integrated circuit, comprising:

a memory adapted to store configuration information;

a plurality of fixed and differing computational elements; and

an interconnection network coupled to the memory and to the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements, the interconnection network adapted, in response to configuration information, to configure a plurality of data input, data output and control communication paths among the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements for a plurality of media functional modes, the plurality of media functional modes comprising an acquisition mode and a traffic mode, the traffic mode including a voice reception mode, a voice transmission mode and a control processing mode processing a plurality of GSM control channels including a broadcast control channel (BCCH), a frequency-correction channel, a synchronization channel (SCH), a plurality of common control channels (CCCH), a slow associated control channels (SACCH), and a fast associated control channel (FACCH).

28. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein the plurality of media functional modes further comprises an idle mode.

29. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein the acquisition mode includes a channel acquisition mode and a control processing mode.

30. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein the traffic mode includes a data reception mode, a data transmission mode, a data processing mode, and a control processing mode.

31. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 30, wherein the traffic mode includes a media reception mode, a media transmission mode, a media processing mode, and a control processing mode.

32. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure the plurality of data input, data output and control communication paths among the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements for media reception on a plurality of frequencies.

33. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure the plurality of data input, data output and control communication paths among the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements for media reception in a plurality of time division multiple access (TDMA) time slots.

34. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure the plurality of data input, data output and control communication paths among the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements for media transmission on a plurality of frequencies.

35. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure the plurality of data input, data output and control communication paths among the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements for media transmission in a plurality of time division multiple access (TDMA) time slots.

36. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein adaptive integrated circuit is embodied within a mobile station having a plurality of operating modes.

37. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 36, wherein the plurality of operating modes of the mobile station includes mobile telecommunication, personal digital assistance, multimedia reception, mobile packet-based communication, and paging.

38. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein a first portion of the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements are operating in the first media functional mode while a second portion of the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements are being configured for the second media functional mode.

39. The adaptive integrated circuit of claim 27, wherein the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements are selected from a plurality of specific architectures, the plurality of specific architectures including functions for memory, addition, multiplication, complex multiplication, subtraction, synchronization, queuing, over sampling, under sampling, adaptation, configuration, reconfiguration, control, input, output, and field programmability.

40. A mobile communication apparatus for wireless communication within a wireless network,comprising:

a network interface for wireless communication with a base station transceiver;

a memory adapted to store configuration information;

a plurality of fixed and differing computational elements; and

an interconnection network coupled to the network interface, to the memory and to the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements, the interconnection network adapted, in response to configuration information, to configure a plurality of data input, data output and control communication paths among the plurality of fixed and differing computational elements for a plurality of media functional modes, the plurality of media function modes including a traffic mode having a voice reception mode, a voice transmission mode, and a control processing mode, the control processing mode processing a plurality of GSM control channels including a broadcast control channel (BCCH), a frequency-correction channel, a synchronization (SCH), a plurality of common control channels (CCCH), a slow associated control channels (SACCH), and a fast associated control channel (FACCH).

41. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the plurality of media functional modes comprises an acquisition mode and a traffic mode.

42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the acquisition mode comprises a channel acquisition mode and a control processing mode.

43. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the traffic mode comprises a voice reception mode, a voice transmission mode, and a control processing mode.

44. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure the plurality of data input, data output and control communication paths among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements by providing circuit-switched connections for corresponding transfer of data input, data output and control information.

45. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the interconnection network is further adapted to configure the plurality of data input, data output and control communication paths among the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements by providing routing of data packets for corresponding transfer of data input, data output and control information.