Energy efficient quality of service aware communication over multiple air-links
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1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
- selecting, within an apparatus, at least two modems from a set of modems for a wireless communication based on;
a transmission efficiency for the at least two modems, the transmission efficiency based on a bit rate of the wireless communication and an energy consumption of the at least two modems that is independent of the bit rate, andquality of service requirements for the wireless communication as determined by at least one application running on the apparatus;
wherein the selecting the at least two modems comprises;
obtaining a capacity bit rate and an energy efficiency for each modem in the set of modems;
determining combinations of two or more modems in the set of modems that together, based on the corresponding capacity bit rates for each of the modems in the combinations, would provide a requisite bit rate required by the quality of service requirements;
determining an energy consumption for each of said combinations of two or more modems; and
selecting one of said combinations of two or more modems with the lowest energy consumption; and
utilizing the selected at least two modems concurrently for the wireless communication.
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Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a machine-readable medium are provided for wireless communication in which at least two modems are selected from a set of modems for the wireless communication based on quality of service requirements for and an energy consumption of the wireless communication. In addition, the selected at least two modems are utilized concurrently for the wireless communication.
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1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
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selecting, within an apparatus, at least two modems from a set of modems for a wireless communication based on; a transmission efficiency for the at least two modems, the transmission efficiency based on a bit rate of the wireless communication and an energy consumption of the at least two modems that is independent of the bit rate, and quality of service requirements for the wireless communication as determined by at least one application running on the apparatus; wherein the selecting the at least two modems comprises; obtaining a capacity bit rate and an energy efficiency for each modem in the set of modems; determining combinations of two or more modems in the set of modems that together, based on the corresponding capacity bit rates for each of the modems in the combinations, would provide a requisite bit rate required by the quality of service requirements; determining an energy consumption for each of said combinations of two or more modems; and selecting one of said combinations of two or more modems with the lowest energy consumption; and utilizing the selected at least two modems concurrently for the wireless communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
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means for selecting, within an apparatus, at least two modems from a set of modems for a wireless communication based on; a transmission efficiency for the at least two modems, the transmission efficiency based on a bit rate of the wireless communication and an energy consumption of the at least two modems that is independent of the bit rate, and quality of service requirements for the wireless communication as determined by at least one application running on the apparatus; wherein the means for selecting the at least two modems comprises; means for obtaining a capacity bit rate and an energy efficiency for each modem in the set of modems; means for determining subsets of modems in the set of modems that together, based on the capacity bit rate for each of the modems in the set of modems, would provide a requisite bit rate as required by the quality of service requirements; and means for determining an energy efficiency for each of said subsets of modems; and means for utilizing the selected at least two modems concurrently for the wireless communication. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, direct a machine to:
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select, within an apparatus, at least two modems from a set of modems for a wireless communication based on; a transmission efficiency for the at least two modems, the transmission efficiency based on a bit rate of the wireless communication and an energy consumption of the at least two modems that is independent of the bit rate, and quality of service requirements for the wireless communication as determined by at least one application running on the apparatus; wherein to select the at least two modems, the machine is further directed to; obtain a capacity bit rate and an energy efficiency for each modem in the set of modems; determine subsets of modems in the set of modems that together, based on the capacity bit rate for each of the modems in the set of modems, would provide a requisite bit rate as required by the quality of service requirements; determine an energy efficiency for each of said subsets of modems; and select one of said subsets of modems with the best energy efficiency, said one of said subsets of modems comprising said at least two modems; and utilize the selected at least two modems concurrently for the wireless communication. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
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a wireless interface comprising a set of modems; and a processing system coupled to the wireless interface and configured to; select at least two modems from the set of modems for a wireless communication based on; a transmission efficiency for the at least two modems, the transmission efficiency based on a bit rate of the wireless communication and an energy consumption of the at least two modems that is independent of the bit rate, and quality of service requirements for the wireless communication as determined by at least one application running on the apparatus; wherein to select the at least two modems, the processing system is configured to; obtain a capacity bit rate and an energy efficiency for each modem in the set of modems; determine subsets of modems in the set of modems that together, based on the capacity bit rate for each of the modems in the set of modems, would provide a requisite bit rate as required by the quality of service requirements; determine an energy efficiency for each of said subsets of modems; and select one of said subsets of modems with the best energy efficiency, said one of said subsets of modems comprising said at least two modems; and utilize the selected at least two modems concurrently for the wireless communication. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
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determining, for each modem in a set of modems in a wireless device, an energy efficiency of the modem; determining, for each modem in the set of modems, a capacity data rate supported by the modem; determining, for each of a plurality of combinations of at least two modems in the set of modems, a combined energy efficiency of the combination based on the energy efficiencies of the at least two modems in the combination; determining, for each of the plurality of combinations of at least two modems in the set of modems, a cumulative capacity data rate supported by the at least two modems in the combination; selecting a one of the plurality of combinations for a wireless communication, the selected one of the plurality of combinations being the combination having the greatest combined energy efficiency that also has a cumulative capacity data rate that satisfies a quality of service requirement for the wireless communication; and transmitting the wireless communication using the at least two modems of the selected combination of at least two modems concurrently. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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