Interface protocol and API for a wireless transceiver

US8230150B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• David W. Russo · Woodinville, US
• Gregory R. Smith · Saratoga, US
• Uwe Pakendorf · Berlin, DE
• Denny Gumlich · Königs Wusterhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/209
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A wireless protocol may be implemented in a smart transceiver device that contains the physical (PHY) and media access control (MAC) layers of the wireless protocol stack. In various embodiments, a serial peripheral interface (SPI) based design may be used. Disclosed is an embodiment of a protocol which may be used to provide control and data transfer to and from the smart transceiver. In particular, an exemplary format of the protocol, the commands, and responses is disclosed. In a further embodiment, an application programming interface (API) is disclosed. The API may provide hardware independent services that can be used to establish, maintain, and transport data to and from the system and the smart transceiver device. In particular, an exemplary and non-limiting set of services, function calls, configuration methods, events, and parameters is disclosed.