WO2005048628A1 - Establishing a communication link by selectively powering a transceiver based on a communication request received by another transceiver - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to wireless communication terminals, and more particularly to wireless terminals that can communicate over more than one wireless communication interface, and methods thereof.
- Multi-mode wireless terminals have been developed that can communicate with, for example, Global System for Mobile Communications systems, ANSI-136 systems, Advanced Mobile Phone Service systems, Code Division Multiple Access systems, Bluetooth systems, and Wireless Local Area Network systems. In some geographic areas, each of these wireless communication systems may be available for use by wireless terminals.
- a first transceiver in a wireless terminal receives a communication request from a first wireless network. Based on the received communication request, power is selectively provided to a second transceiver in the wireless terminal, and the second transceiver is used to establish a communication link with a second wireless terminal.
- the first transceiver e.g., a TDMA transceiver
- the second transceiver e.g., a WCDMA transceiver, wireless local area network transceiver, and/or digital television receiver
- the second transceiver may be powered-ON and used to establish a communication link with the second wireless network to complete a communication.
- the first transceiver may be a TDMA receiver that receives the communication request from a TDMA cellular network
- the second transceiver may be a CDMA receiver that establishes a communication link with a CDMA cellular network.
- the first transceiver may be a cellular transceiver (e.g., TDMA transceiver and/or CDMA transceiver) that receives the communication request from a cellular network
- the second transceiver may be a wireless local area network transceiver and/or a digital television receiver that establishes a communication link with a wireless local area network and/or a digital television network.
- the first transceiver may receive assistance information from the first wireless network.
- the assistance information may include information that can be used to establish a communication link through the second transceiver with the second wireless network.
- the assistance information may include a timing indicator and an offset between the timing indicator and a code for a communication link with a CDMA cellular network, the identity of the second wireless network, and/or frequencies that may be used to communicate with the second wireless network.
- the assistance information may identify an Internet service provider and/or a subscriber account from which data may be retrieved using the second transceiver communicating through the second wireless network.
- the assistance information may allow the wireless terminal to more rapidly locate the second wireless network, establish a communication link with the second wireless network, and/or to complete a requested communication.
- Figure 1 illustrates a wireless communication system according to various embodiments of the present invention.
- Figure 2 illustrates operations for establishing a communication link from a wireless terminal according to various embodiments of the present invention.
- Figure 3 illustrates operations for establishing a communication link from a wireless terminal according to various alternate embodiments of the present invention.
- Figure 4 illustrates operations for establishing a communication link from a wireless terminal through a wireless local area network according to various embodiments of the present invention.
- Figure 5 illustrates operations for establishing a communication link from a wireless terminal through a digital television network according to various embodiments of the present invention.
- Figure 6 illustrates operations for making a communication request from one wireless network and establishing a communication link with another wireless network according to various embodiments of the present invention.
- each block of the block diagrams and/or operational illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or operational illustrations can be implemented by radio frequency, analog and/or digital hardware, and/or computer program instructions.
- These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, ASIC, and/or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer and/or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the block diagrams and/or operational block or blocks.
- a "wireless terminal” includes, but is not limited to, a terminal that is configured to communicate via a wireless interface such as, for example, a cellular interface, a Wireless Local Area Network interface (WLAN), Bluetooth interface, digital television network interface, another RF communication interface, and/or an optical interface.
- a wireless interface such as, for example, a cellular interface, a Wireless Local Area Network interface (WLAN), Bluetooth interface, digital television network interface, another RF communication interface, and/or an optical interface.
- wireless terminals may include, but are not limited to, a cellular wireless terminal; a personal communication terminal that may combine a cellular wireless terminal with data processing, facsimile and/or data communications capabilities; a personal data assistance (PDA) that can include a wireless transceiver, pager, Internet/intranet access, local area network interface, wide area network interface, Web browser, organizer, and/or calendar; and/or a mobile or. fixed computer or other device that includes a wireless transceiver.
- PDA personal data assistance
- Figure 1 is a functional block diagram of an exemplary wireless communication system 100 according to various embodiments of the present invention.
- the wireless communication system 100 includes a wireless terminal 110, a cellular network 138, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) 160, a Bluetooth Network 170, and a digital television network 180.
- the cellular network 138 may include one or more different types of cellular networks, which may be owned and/or operated by the same or different operators.
- the cellular network 138 is illustrated as including a TDMA cellular network 140 and a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular network 150, however, the cellular network 138 may include only one of these networks and/or may include other types of cellular networks.
- CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
- the wireless terminal 110 conrmunicates with the TDMA cellular network 140 over a wireless communication link (e.g., channel) 182 using a communication protocol that may include, but is not limited to, ANSI- 136, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), and/or AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service) protocol.
- GSM Global Standard for Mobile
- GPRS General Packet Radio Service
- EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
- AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
- the wireless terminal 110 communicates with the CDMA cellular network 150 over a wireless communication link (e.g., channel) 184 using a communication protocol that may include, but is not limited to, CDMA (e.g., IS-95), wideband- CDMA, CDMA2000, and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).
- CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
- UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
- the wireless terminal 110 communicates with the WLAN network 160 over a wireless communication link 186 using a communication protocol that may include, but is not limited to, 802.1 lb, 802.1 la, 802.1 lg, 802.1 le, 802.1 li, and/or other WLAN standards, and communicates with the Bluetooth Network 170 over a wireless communication link 188 using a Bluetooth protocol.
- the wireless terminal 110 may also receive information from the digital television network 180 over a wireless interface 190 using a communication protocol that may include, but is not limited to, a Digital Television protocol and/or a Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) protocol such as DVB-T, DVB-H, or ISDB..
- a communication protocol that may include, but is not limited to, 802.1 lb, 802.1 la, 802.1 lg, 802.1 le, 802.1 li, and/or other WLAN standards
- the wireless terminal 110 may also receive information from the digital television network 180 over a wireless interface 190 using a communication protocol that may include, but is not limited to, a Digital Television
- Communication protocols as used herein may specify the information communicated, the timing, the frequency, the modulation, and/or the operations for setting-up and/or maintaining communication from, to, and/or between two communication devices.
- the term "communicate" means transmit, receive, and/or both transmit and receive.
- the TDMA cellular network 140 may include a base station transceiver 142 that relays information between the wireless communication link 182 and the mobile switching center 144.
- the CDMA cellular network 150 may include a base station transceiver 152 that relays information between the wireless communication link 184 and the mobile switching center 154.
- the wireless terminal 110 may include a processor 112, a cellular transceiver 114, which may include a TDMA transceiver 116 and/or a CDMA transceiver 118, a Bluetooth transceiver 120, a WLAN transceiver 122, a digital television receiver 124, a memory 126, a speaker 128, a microphone 130, a display 132, and a keypad 134.
- the memory 126 may be separate from, or at least partially within, the processor 112.
- the processor 112 may include more than one processing component, such as, for example, a general purpose processor and a digital signal processor, which may be enclosed in a common package or separate and apart from one another.
- the TDMA transceiver 116, the CDMA transceiver 118, the Bluetooth transceiver 120, and the WLAN transceiver 122 may each include a transmitter and a receiver to allow two way communications, but the present invention is not limited to such devices and, as used herein, a "transceiver" may include both a receiver and a transmitter or only one such communication circuit.
- the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 may be configured to perform baseband processing on information that is transmitted and/or received.
- Such baseband processing can include modulating and/or demodulating information, channel coding and/or channel decoding information, and/or may be configured to control communications according to one or more communication protocols.
- the digital television receiver 124 may be configured to perform baseband processing on information that is received from the digital television network 180. Such baseband processing by the digital television receiver 124 may include demodulating information, channel decoding information, and/or controlling communications according to one or more communication protocols.
- the processor 112 may be configured to perform various communication and application related functions of the wireless terminal 110 that may be defined by software in the memory 126.
- the processor 112 may perform some of the baseband processing of information that is to be transmitted and/or received by one or more of the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 and/or the digital television receiver 124.
- the baseband processing may include modulating and/or demodulating information, channel coding and/or channel decoding information, and/or controlling communications according to one or more communication protocols.
- the wireless terminal 110 is configured to receive a communication request from one of the wireless networks 140, 150, 160, 170, and 180, and is configured to establish a communication link with a different one of the wireless networks 140, 150, 160, 170, and 180 based on the communication request.
- the wireless terminal 110 may receive a voice page and/or data message page from the TDMA cellular network 140, and may then establish a communication link with the CDMA cellular network 150 or the WLAN network 160 to establish a voice call and/or to complete a data communication.
- the wireless terminal 110 may also selectively provide power to one or more of the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 and/or the digital television receiver 124 (e.g., power ON and/or power OFF) based on the received communication request.
- one or more of the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 and/or the digital television receiver 124 may be not powered (e.g., turned-OFF) until a communication request is received by another powered (e.g., turned-ON) one of the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 and/or the digital television receiver 124.
- the processor 112 may provide power to one or more of the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 and/or the digital television receiver 124 that is associated with the received communication request, and a communication link may then be established through the powered device.
- Selectively powering the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 and/or the digital television receiver 124 may conserve power in the wireless terminal.
- the CDMA transceiver 118, the WLAN transceiver 122, and/or the digital television receiver 1124 may consume significantly more power than the TDMA transceiver 116 when in a standby mode waiting for a communication request.
- conventional wireless terminals usually continuously power a CDMA transceiver so that it is ready to handle a call (i.e., don't switch the CDMA transceiver to a standby mode).
- a WCDMA type of CDMA transceiver 118 and/or a CDMA type of WLAN transceiver 112 may consume considerably more power than the TDMA transceiver 116 which may be switched to a standby mode.
- a lower power consuming one of the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 and/or the digital television receiver 124 may be used to look for a communication request while one or more the others are powered-off. Then, based on a received communication request, a higher power consuming one of the transceivers 116, 118, 120, and 122 and/or the digital television receiver 124 may be powered-on to perform the requested communications.
- Figure 2 illustrates operations that may be used to receive a communication request from the TDMA cellular network 140, and then to establish a communication link with the CDMA cellular network 150 based on the received communication request.
- the CDMA transceiver 118 is powered off, which may conserve power in the wireless terminal 110.
- the TDMA transceiver 116 is used to receive a communication request from the TDMA cellular network 140.
- the communication request may be communicated through the wireless communication link 182 as, for example, a call page and/or data page on a control channel and/or a traffic channel, and/or may be communicated as a data message, such as a short message service (SMS) data message, an enhanced messaging service (EMS) data message, and/or an email message.
- SMS short message service
- EMS enhanced messaging service
- an initial communication link is established between the TDMA transceiver 116 and the TDMA cellular network 140.
- the initial communication link may be used to, for example, begin a voice call and/or to begin communicating data.
- assistance information relating to the CDMA cellular network 150 is received from the TDMA cellular network 140 through, for example, the initial communication link and/or as a part of, or in addition, to the communication request at Block 204.
- the assistance information includes information that may be used to establish a communication link with the CDMA cellular network 150.
- the assistance information may include a timing indicator and an offset between the timing indicator and a code for a communication link with the CDMA cellular network 150, the identity of the CDMA cellular network 150, and/or the frequencies that may be used to communicate with the CDMA cellular network 150.
- the assistance information may enable the wireless terminal 110 to more rapidly establish a communication link with the CDMA cellular network 150.
- the assistance information may additionally, or alternatively, identify an Internet service provider and/or subscriber account from which data may be retrieved through the CDMA cellular network 150.
- the CDMA transceiver 118 is powered-ON, and at Block 212 a communication link is established with the CDMA cellular network 150 using the CDMA transceiver 118 and assistance information that may have been obtained at Block 208.
- FIG. 214 communications are handed-off from the TDMA transceiver 116 to the CDMA transceiver 118 so that communications with the TDMA cellular network 140 can continue with the CDMA cellular network 150.
- communications with the CDMA cellular network 150 are completed, and at Block 218, the CDMA transceiver 118 is powered-OFF.
- Figure 3 illustrates operations that may be used to receive a communication request from the TDMA cellular network 140, and then to establish a communication link with the CDMA cellular network 150 according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 The operations shown in Figure 3 may be substantially the same as those described in Figure 2, except that in Figure 3, an initial communication link is not established with the TDMA cellular network 140 (Block 206 of Figure 2) and then handed-off to the CDMA cellular network 150 (Block 214 of Figure 2). Accordingly, the operations of Blocks 302, 304, 306, 308, 312, and 314 in Figure 3 may operate in the same or similar way as was described for corresponding Blocks 202, 204, 208, 210, 216, and 218 in Figure 2.
- a communication link is established « with the CDMA cellular network 150 using the CDMA transceiver 118 and assistance information that may have been obtained at Block 306.
- the communication link established at Block 310 is not associated with a hand-off of on-going communications from the TDMA cellular network 140 to the CDMA cellular network 150.
- Figure 4 illustrates operations that may be used to receive a communication request from the cellular network 138 and then to establish a communication link with the WLAN network 160 according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- the WLAN transceiver 122 is powered off, which may conserve power in the wireless terminal 110.
- the cellular transceiver 114 is used to receive a communication request from the cellular network 138.
- the communication request may be communicated as a call page and/or data page on a control channel and/or a traffic channel, and/or may be communicated as a data message, such as a short message service (SMS) data message, an enhanced messaging service (EMS) data message, and/or an email message.
- SMS short message service
- EMS enhanced messaging service
- assistance information relating to the WLAN network 160 may be received from the cellular network 138 as a part of, or in addition, to the communication request at Block 404.
- the assistance information includes information that may be used to establish a communication link with the WLAN network 160.
- the WLAN network 160 may determine the location of the wireless terminal 110, which can be used to determine the availability and identity of WLANs that may be nearby the wireless terminal 110.
- the identity of the nearby WLANs may then be transmitted at Block 406 from the cellular network 138 as the assistance information to the wireless terminal 110.
- the assistance information may additionally, or alternatively, include a timing indicator, an offset between the timing indicator and a code for a communication link with the WLAN network 160, the frequencies and/or other information that may be used to communicate with the WLAN network 160. Accordingly, the assistance information may enable the wireless terminal 110 to more rapidly establish a communication link with the WLAN network 160.
- the assistance information may additionally, or alternatively, identify an Internet service provider and/or subscriber account from which data may be retrieved through the WLAN network 160.
- the WLAN transceiver 122 is powered-ON, and at Block 410 a communication link is established with the WLAN network 160 using the WLAN transceiver 122 and assistance information that may have been obtained at Block 406.
- Data communications with the WLAN network 160 are completed at Block 412, and the WLAN transceiver 122 is powered-OFF at Block 414.
- the same or similar operations that are described above for Figure 4 may alternatively be used to receive a communication request from the cellular network 138 and then to establish a communication link with the Bluetooth network 170 according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- Figure 5 illustrates operations that may be used to receive a communication request from the cellular network 138 and then to establish a communication link with the digital television network 180 according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- the digital television receiver 124 is powered off, which may conserve power in the wireless terminal 110.
- the cellular transceiver 114 is used to receive a communication request from the cellular network 138.
- the communication request may be communicated as a call page and/or data page on a control channel and/or a traffic channel, and/or may be communicated as a data message, such as a short message service (SMS) data message, an enhanced messaging service (EMS) data message, and/or an email message.
- SMS short message service
- EMS enhanced messaging service
- assistance information relating to the digital television network 180 may be received from the cellular network 138 as a part of, or in addition, to the communication request at Block 504.
- the assistance information includes information that may be used to establish a communication link with the digital television network 180.
- the assistance information may include a timing indicator, an offset between the timing indicator and a code for a communication link with the digital television network 180, the frequencies and/or other information that may be used to receive information from the digital television network 180. Accordingly, the assistance information may enable the wireless terminal 110 to more rapidly establish a communication link with, and receive information from, the digital television network 180.
- the digital television receiver 124 is powered-ON, and at Block 510 a communication link is established with the digital television network 180 using the digital television receiver 124 and assistance information that may have been obtained at Block 506.
- data such as messages, pictures, and/or video, is received from the digital television network 180.
- the digital television receiver 124 is powered-OFF.
- Figure 6 illustrates operations that may be used to make a communication request to the wireless terminal 110 through a first wireless network (e.g, one of the networks 140, 150, 160, 170, and 180), and then used to establish a communication link over a different second wireless network (e.g., a different one of the networks 140, 150, 160, 170, and 180) with the wireless terminal 110.
- a communication request is communicated by the first wireless network to the wireless terminal 110.
- the second wireless network may cause the first wireless network to communicate the communication request by, for example, sending a data message (e.g., SMS, EMS, and/or email) through the first wireless network to the wireless terminal 110.
- a data message e.g., SMS, EMS, and/or email
- the location of the wireless terminal 110 may be determined, and may be used to determine the identity of other nearby wireless networks.
- assistance information is generated that includes information that may be used to establish a communication link between the wireless terminal 110 and the second wireless network.
- the assistance information may include the information that was discussed above with regard to Block 208 (shown in Figure 2), Block 306 (shown in Figure 3), Block 406 (shown in Figure 4), and/or Block 506 (shown in Figure 5), and/or may include the location and/or identity of nearby wireless networks as determined at Block 604.
- the assistance information may be generated by the second wireless network and/or by the first wireless network.
- the assistance information is communicated by the first wireless network to the wireless terminal 110.
- a communication link is established through the second wireless network to the wireless terminal 110.
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