Communication terminal, method for receiving data and computer program product

• US 9,198,228 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2011
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbH (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Wippich, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Shuwang
• Assistant Examiner(s): TAYONG, HELENE E
• Application Number:
  US13/178,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20120008721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
• Field of Search: 375/340
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A communication terminal may include a receiver configured to receive data via a first channel or via a second channel; and a controller configured to control the receiver such that it receives a part of first data from a first facility of a first network by means of the first channel in a first part of a period in which the transmission of the first data by the first facility overlaps the transmission of the second data by the second facility and that the receiver receives a part of the second data from the second facility by means of the second channel during a second part of the period so that the first part of the period and the second part of the period do not overlap and so that the part of the first data which is received in the first part of the period meets a predetermined criterion.

Claims

1. A communication terminal, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive data via one of a group comprising a first communication channel and a second communication channel, at a time; and

a controller configured, during a time period in which a first transmission comprising a first data overlaps with a second transmission comprising a second data, to control the receiver

to receive a portion less than all of the first transmission from a first network communication facility of a first communication network via the first communication channel in a first part of the time period; and

to receive a portion less than all of the second transmission from the second network communication facility via the second communication channel during a second part of the time period,

wherein data received in the portion less than all of the first transmission during the first part of the time period is sufficient for reconstructing the first data;

wherein the first part of the time period and the second part of the time period do not overlap with one another.

2. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a decoder configured to reconstruct the first data from the data from the portion less than all of the first transmission.

3. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a decoder which is configured for reconstructing the second data from data received from the portion less than all of the second transmission.

4. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first data are control data of the first communication network.

5. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the second data are control data of the second communication network.

6. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller controls the receiver to meet a criterion that the data from the portion less than all of the first transmission is sufficient for reconstructing the first data.

7. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first transmission comprising the first data are transmitted via the first communication channel and the second transmission comprising the second data are transmitted via the second communication channel by using different radio resources.

8. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first transmission comprising the first data are transmitted via the first communication channel and the second transmission comprising the second data are transmitted via the second communication channel by using different frequency ranges.

9. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first data are a paging message of the first communication network and the second data are a paging message of the second communication network.

10. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first part of the time period precedes the second part of the time period.

11. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 10,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the receiver, when the data received from the portion less than all of the second transmission comprising the second data is not sufficient for reconstructing the second data, to receive a portion less than all of a fourth transmission comprising a fourth data in a first part of a subsequent time period, wherein during the subsequent time period a third transmission comprising third data from the first network communication facility overlaps with the fourth transmission comprising fourth data from the second network communication facility, and the controller is further configured to control the receiver to receive a portion less than all of the third transmission in a second part of the subsequent time period so that the first part of the subsequent time period and the second part of the subsequent time period do not overlap with one another and so that the first part of the further period precedes the second part of the further period.

12. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 11,

wherein the controller controls the receiver to meet a predetermined criterion is that the data received from the portion less than all of the second transmission is not sufficient for reconstructing the second data.

13. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first communication network is a GSM communication network, a UMTS communication network or an LTE communication network.

14. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the second communication network is a GSM communication network, a UMTS communication network or an LTE communication network.

15. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first data is a message of the first communication network and the second data is a message of the second communication network.

16. The communication terminal as claimed in claim 1,

wherein during the time period, the controller controls the receiver to switch from receiving data from the first communication channel to receiving data from the second communication channel, or the controller controls the receiver to switch from receiving data from the second communication channel to receiving data from the first communication channel.

17. A method for receiving data by means of a receiver, the method comprising:

controlling the receiver, during a time period in which a first transmission comprising a first data overlaps with a second transmission comprising a second data, to;

receive a portion less than all of the first transmission from a first network communication facility of a first communication network via a first communication channel in a first part of the time period; and

receive a portion less than all of the second transmission from the second network communication facility via a second communication channel during a second part of the time period;

wherein data received in the portion less than all of the first transmission during the first part of the time period is sufficient for reconstructing the first data;

wherein the first part of the time period and the second part of the time period do not overlap with one another; and

wherein the receiver is configured to receive data via one of a group comprising the first communication channel and second communication channel, at a time.

18. A non-transitory computer program product which has instructions which, when they are executed by a processor, have an effect that the processor carries out a method for receiving data by means of a receiver, the method comprising:

controlling the receiver, during a time period in which a first transmission comprising a first data overlaps with a second transmission comprising a second data, to

receive a portion less than all of the first transmission from a first network communication facility of a first communication network via a first communication channel in a first part of the time period; and

receive a portion less than all of the second transmission from the second network communication facility via a second communication channel during a second part of the time period,

wherein data received in the portion less than all of the first transmission during the first part of the time period is sufficient for reconstructing the first data;

wherein the first part of the time period and the second part of the time period do not overlap with one another,

wherein the receiver is configured to receive data via one of a group comprising the first communication channel and second communication channel, at a time.

19. A communication terminal, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive data via one of a group comprising a first communication channel and a second communication channel, at a time; and

a controller configured, during a time period in which a first transmission comprising a first data overlaps with a second transmission comprising a second data, to control the receiver

to receive a portion less than all of the first transmission from a first network communication facility of a first communication network via the first communication channel in a first part of the time period; and

to receive a portion less than all of the second transmission from the second network communication facility via the second communication channel during a second part of the time period,

wherein data received in the portion less than all of the first transmission during the first part of the time period is sufficient for reconstructing the first data;

wherein the first part of the time period and the second part of the time period do not overlap with one another,

wherein the controller controls the receiver to meet a criterion that the data volume of the data received from the portion less than all of the first transmission is above a predetermined threshold value.