Prioritizing short-range wireless packets for time-sensitive applications
US10237193B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In embodiments, a client station operates to identify and prioritize time-sensitive short-range wireless packets, such as time-sensitive Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) packets, in a congested wireless environment. The client station may identify time-sensitive packets using, e.g., the type of device providing the packets, a state of the device providing the packets, and/or the type of data included in the packets. The client station may prioritize the time-sensitive packets in various ways, including by providing priority scheduling to the time-sensitive packets; pausing communication of other types of Bluetooth packets, such as A2DP packets; reducing a data rate of other types of Bluetooth packets, such as A2DP packets; and/or extending a data packet size of time-sensitive BTLE packets. The time-sensitive packets may thus be prioritized over packets associated with the same wireless protocol and/or a different wireless protocol.
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