Methods and a system of multiplexing multiple concurrent operational modes on a single physical transceiver by opportunistic time stealing

US9167622B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Sandip Homchaudhuri · San Jose, US
• Chandramouli Ganapathy · San Jose, US
• Guido Robert Frederiks · Capitola, US
• Alireza Raissinia · Monte Sereno, US
• Nitin A. Changlani · Santa Clara, US
• Arunkumar Jayaraman · San Jose, US
• BadriSrinivasan Sampathkumar · Cupertino, US
• Paul J. Husted · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 20, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W36/1446
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for enhancing the concurrency of a wireless device operating in multiple network contexts. By identifying opportunity instants that may exist within the normal exchange of information by a device having a single physical transceiver in a first network context, tasks for a second network context may be performed using the transceiver with minimal impact on performance related to the first network context and preferably in complete transparence to the first network context.