WO2013001483A1 - Agencement de processeur pour un dispositif sans fil multimode - Google Patents

Agencement de processeur pour un dispositif sans fil multimode Download PDF

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WO2013001483A1
WO2013001483A1 PCT/IB2012/053279 IB2012053279W WO2013001483A1 WO 2013001483 A1 WO2013001483 A1 WO 2013001483A1 IB 2012053279 W IB2012053279 W IB 2012053279W WO 2013001483 A1 WO2013001483 A1 WO 2013001483A1
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Hannu Tapani TALVITIE
Kim Kaltiokallio
Ekaterina POGOSOVA
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Renesas Mobile Corporation
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/02—Terminal devices
    • H04W88/06—Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

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  • the present invention relates to a processor arrangement for a multi mode wireless device.
  • Multi mode wireless devices that are compatible with more than one form of data transmission or network are known.
  • Such devices include for example mobile devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, etc., and M2M (machine-to- machine) gateway devices.
  • a particular type of multi mode wireless device often termed a dual mode device, contains both cellular and non-cellular radios which are used for voice and data communication respectively.
  • Examples of cellular technologies include GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) and LTE (Long Term Evolution), though many others are known.
  • Examples of non-cellular technologies include WLAN IEEE802. i l and Bluetooth, though again many others are known.
  • the hardware for the cellular aspect of the dual band wireless device is provided in addition to and, in essence, separately of the hardware for the non-cellular aspect of the dual band wireless device.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically some of the internal components of a prior art dual band wireless device 10.
  • layer here is used in the context of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, in which layer 1 is the physical layer, layer 2 is the data link layer, etc.
  • OSI Open Systems Interconnection
  • FIG. 2 shows the arrangement of processors (which may each be individual chips or plural chips, optionally provided as a chipset) of one particular example of this prior art in more detail.
  • processors which may each be individual chips or plural chips, optionally provided as a chipset
  • On the cellular side there are separate processors 21,22 for the layer 1 processing and for the layer 2 and above processing respectively, each with their own software 23,24 and in communication with each other via an interconnect 25.
  • the non-cellular side lower part of diagram
  • a software-defined radio system is a radio communication system where components that have been typically been implemented in the past in hardware (such as mixers, filters, amplifiers, modulators/demodulators, detectors, etc.) are instead implemented by means of software running on a personal computer or some embedded computing device such as a programmable processor.
  • a SDR is inherently flexible in that in principle it can be reprogrammed to provide services according to different telecommunications standards.
  • a SDR is relatively inefficient on power usage and often has poor dynamic range.
  • US-B2-7817579 there is disclosed an access point for a network, which is used to allow mobile devices to connect wirelessly to the network.
  • the access point has plural software defined radios (SDRs), including in particular SDR programmable logic blocks which configure plural physical layer (layer 1) blocks.
  • SDR programmable logic blocks which configure plural physical layer (layer 1) blocks.
  • the corresponding MAC (layer 2) blocks may be implemented in part or fully by a single processor. Nevertheless, there is shown only a single radio front end, indicating that only one of the SDRs can be active at any particular time, and also no discussion of integration of hardware that concerns higher layers above level 2.
  • US-A1-2010/0144333 discloses a SDR that includes a programmable cellular radio front end and a programmable baseband processor. The cellular radio front end can be reconfigured so as to support a non-cellular transmission standard. Again, there is only a single radio front end and the SDR cannot be communicating with a cellular network and a non-cellular network simultaneously.
  • a processor arrangement for a multi mode wireless device that is capable of communicating with cellular and non-cellular networks simultaneously, the processor arrangement comprising: a first processor and a second processor, the first and second processors being in communication with each other; the first processor being arranged to provide control processing for physical layer 1 processing for both the cellular radio communications and the non-cellular radio communications of a said multi mode wireless device in parallel; and, the second processor being arranged to provide processing for data link layer 2 for both the cellular radio communications and the non- cellular radio communications of a said multi mode wireless device in parallel.
  • a processor arrangement for a device that is capable of operating simultaneously with a cellular network (such as GSM, CDMA, W-CDMA, LTE, etc., etc.) and with a non-cellular network (such as WLAN IEEE802. i l, Bluetooth, etc., etc.).
  • a cellular network such as GSM, CDMA, W-CDMA, LTE, etc., etc.
  • a non-cellular network such as WLAN IEEE802. i l, Bluetooth, etc., etc.
  • the first processor is provided by a single chip.
  • the second processor is provided by a single chip.
  • the physical layer 1 processing for both the cellular radio communications and the non- cellular radio communications is provided by a single chip.
  • the first and second processors are provided by a single chip.
  • the first and second processors and the physical layer 1 processing for both the cellular radio communications and the non-cellular radio communications are provided by a single chip. All of these embodiments serve to keep down the number of silicon devices that need to be used to provide the required functionality.
  • the second processor is arranged to provide processing for all layers above data link layer 2 for both the cellular radio communications and the non- cellular radio communications in parallel.
  • processing for layers above data link layer 2 have been carried out in separate processors, provided by separate chips, for the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications. This embodiment goes against the trend and furthermore combines the layer 2 processing with processing for layers above layer 2 into the one processor.
  • the first and second processors are dynamically reconfigurable such that: the first processor can be selectively reconfigured to provide control processing for both physical layer 1 processing and processing for data link layer 2 for the cellular radio communications, and the second processor can be selectively reconfigured to provide control processing for both physical layer 1 processing and processing for data link layer 2 for the non-cellular radio communications.
  • This embodiment provides a flexible arrangement that can be reconfigured to separate out the control and processing of the cellular radio communications and the non-cellular radio communications to the first and second processors respectively if needs require.
  • the first and second processors are dynamically reconfigurable such that: the first processor and the second processor can be reconfigured to provide shared control processing for both physical layer 1 processing and processing for data link layer 2 selectively for the cellular radio communications or the non-cellular radio communications.
  • all of the processor resources are allocated to cellular-only or non-cellular-only use if required, which allows the arrangement to achieve high single-mode performance.
  • a multi mode wireless device comprising: a radio frequency front end for communicating with both a cellular network and a non- cellular network; and a processor arrangement as described above; whereby the multi mode wireless device is capable of operating simultaneously with a cellular network and with a non-cellular network.
  • a multi mode wireless device comprising: a radio frequency front end for communicating with a cellular network; a radio frequency front end for communicating with a non-cellular network; and a processor arrangement as described above; whereby the multi mode wireless device is capable of operating simultaneously with a cellular network and with a non-cellular network.
  • a processor arrangement for a multi mode wireless device that is capable of communicating with cellular and non-cellular networks
  • the processor arrangement comprising: a first processor and a second processor, the first and second processors being in communication with each other; the first processor being arranged to provide control processing for physical layer 1 processing for both the cellular radio communications and the non-cellular radio communications of a said multi mode wireless device in parallel; and, the second processor being arranged to provide processing for data link layer 2 and all layers above layer 2 in a said device for both the cellular radio communications and the non-cellular radio communications of a said multi mode wireless device in parallel.
  • shared processors there are shared processors and in particular a shared processor that provides processing for layer 2 and all layers in the device above layer 2.
  • a multi mode wireless device comprising: a radio frequency front end for communicating with both a cellular network and a non- cellular network; and a processor arrangement as described above.
  • a multi mode wireless device comprising: a radio frequency front end for communicating with a cellular network; a radio frequency front end for communicating with a non-cellular network; and a processor arrangement as described above.
  • SDRs software-defined radios
  • non-SDRs i.e. those of the more traditional type in which most, if not all, of the communication functions, including particularly those on the physical layer 1, are carried out by fixed, dedicated hardware.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically some of the internal components of a prior art dual band wireless device
  • Figure 2 shows schematically some of the internal components of the prior art dual band wireless device of Figure 1 in more detail
  • Figure 3 shows schematically some of the internal components of an example of a dual band wireless device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 shows schematically some of the internal components of the device of Figure 3 in more detail
  • Figure 5 shows schematically the internal components of Figure 4 in an alternative configuration
  • Figure 6 shows schematically the internal components of Figure 4 in an alternative configuration. Detailed Description
  • FIG. 3 there is shown schematically the main hardware components of an example of a multi mode wireless device 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • This example is a dual mode device 50 capable of operating on both cellular and non-cellular networks, and, in the preferred embodiments, in general is capable of operating on both cellular and non-cellular networks simultaneously.
  • This has the advantage for example that the device 50 can be used for voice communication (via the cellular network) and be in data communication (via the non-cellular network) simultaneously. A user can therefore be receiving or transmitting a data file and holding a telephone voice conversation on the device at the same time.
  • a M2M (machine-to-machine) gateway type device can simultaneously receive data and transmit data (typically on a non-cellular network and on a cellular network respectively, though other arrangements are possible).
  • the device 50 has a separate radio frequency (RF) front end 60,70 for each of the cellular and non-cellular networks.
  • the device 50 has separate hardware 61,71 (specifically a processor 61,71 provided by one or more chips) for carrying out the physical layer 1 processing for each of the cellular and non-cellular networks.
  • some components of the RF front ends 60,70 and separately of the physical layer 1 processors 61,71 may be shared.
  • the whole of the radio front end may be shared such that there is a single radio front end that communicates with both cellular and non-cellular networks.
  • the device 50 has a processor 80 on which runs software to provide control processing for the physical layer 1 processes which are running on both the processors 61,71 carrying out the physical layer 1 processing for the cellular and non-cellular networks respectively.
  • the processor 80 for controlling the layer 1 processes is effectively shared between the cellular and non-cellular sides so as to control both sets of physical layer 1 processing.
  • the processor 80 may be provided by a single chip or plural chips for example, but nevertheless constitutes a single processor that is shared between the cellular and non-cellular sides in this configuration.
  • the device 50 further has a processor 90 on which runs software to provide processing for communication layers 2 and 3, and optionally for further layers above level 3, for the cellular and non-cellular networks respectively.
  • the processor 90 for the layer 2 and above processes is effectively shared between the cellular and non-cellular sides.
  • the processor 90 may be provided by a single chip or plural chips for example, but nevertheless constitutes a single processor that is shared between the cellular and non-cellular sides in this configuration.
  • the two shared processors 80,90 are seen to be in communication with each other (and optionally with other components in the device 50) via a chip internal interconnect 85.
  • the software 81 running on the layer 1 control processor 80 enables the processor 80 to control the layer 1 processes for both the cellular and non-cellular networks in parallel and therefore in effect simultaneously.
  • the software 91 running on the layer 2 and above processor 90 enables the processor 90 to run the layer 2 and above processes for both the cellular and non- cellular networks in parallel and therefore in effect simultaneously.
  • the processors 80,90 (and more specifically the chip or chips that constitute those processors 80,90), as well as any supporting logic devices and other circuitry in the device 50, must be sufficiently powerful to handle the parallel processing that is required by the respective processors 80,90 to operate the level 1, level 2, level 3, etc. functions of the cellular and non-cellular radios described above simultaneously. This can be achieved if necessary by for example providing relatively fast processors and duplicating certain hardware blocks within the chips, and/or by making use of hardware semaphores to control access by the cellular and non-cellular processes to the same hardware blocks.
  • the device 50 can reconfigure the processors 80,90 so that, in essence, one processor 80 deals with the control processing for the physical layer 1 processes and the processing for communication layers 2, 3 and up for the cellular network, and the other processor 90 deals with the control processing for the physical layer 1 processes and the processing for communication layers 2, 3 and up for the non-cellular network.
  • This can be achieved by for example modifying the software running on the processors 80,90 to provide appropriate software 82,92 on the respective processors 80,90.
  • the processors 80,90 (and more specifically the chip or chips that constitute those processors 80,90), as well as any supporting logic devices and other circuitry in the device 50, must be sufficiently powerful to handle the parallel processing that is required for this variant of the parallel operation.
  • the device 50 can reconfigure the processors 80,90 so that both are dedicated exclusively to either cellular or non-cellular use as circumstances may require.
  • This single-mode operation provides high performance, which may be useful in regions of poor reception for voice calls or when large amounts of data are to be transmitted or received for example.
  • the reconfiguring of the processors 80,90 in both the circumstances mentioned above is preferably carried out dynamically, "on-the-fly", as circumstances require, with the device 50 returning to its normal mode of operation (as shown schematically in Figure 3 and 4 for example) when possible.
  • the device 50 has been described in terms of having separate processors 80,90 (each of which may be constituted by one or more chips), in fact the two processors 80,90 may be constituted by a single chip or set of chips (forming a single chipset for example). Indeed, such a single chip or set of chips may also provide the processors 61,71 that carry out the physical layer 1 processing for the cellular and non-cellular networks respectively.
  • FIG. 6 A particular example of this is shown schematically in Figure 6, where there is shown just one single shared CPU resource 100, which may be implemented by a single chip, running software 105 which is used for all cellular and non-cellular processing, for all communication layers from LI upwards for cellular and non-cellular processing, to enable concurrent parallel processing of both cellular and non-cellular radios.
  • the CPU 100 and the surrounding logic devices and other circuitry in the device 50 are again sufficiently powerful to handle the parallel processing required for all of the level 1, level 2, level 3, etc. parts of the cellular and non-cellular functions so that cellular and non-cellular radios can be operated simultaneously in parallel.
  • the CPU 100 may be allocated to either cellular-only or non-cellular-only use as needed to provide more performance in a single-mode operation.
  • the above embodiments are to be understood as illustrative examples of the invention. Further embodiments of the invention are envisaged.
  • the device may be arranged to operate with more than two types of networks (with for example a corresponding number of processors) so can operate for example with two different types of non-cellular networks and one cellular network simultaneously, two different types of non-cellular networks and two different types of cellular networks simultaneously, etc.
  • any feature described in relation to any one embodiment may be used alone, or in combination with other features described, and may also be used in combination with one or more features of any other of the embodiments, or any combination of any other of the embodiments.
  • equivalents and modifications not described above may also be employed without departing from the scope of the invention, which is defined in the accompanying claims.

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Selon l'invention, un dispositif sans fil multimode (50) peut communiquer avec des réseaux cellulaires et non cellulaires. Le dispositif (50) comprend des premier et second processeurs (80, 90) en communication l'un avec l'autre. Selon un agencement, le premier processeur (80, 81) permet un traitement de commande pour un traitement de couche physique 1 à la fois pour les communications radio cellulaires et les communications radio non cellulaires en parallèle, et le second processeur (90, 91) permet un traitement pour une couche de liaison de données 2 à la fois pour les communications radio cellulaires et les communications radio non cellulaires en parallèle, et le dispositif (50) peut communiquer avec les réseaux cellulaires et non cellulaires simultanément. Selon un autre agencement, le premier processeur (80, 82) permet un traitement de commande pour un traitement de couche physique 1 à la fois pour les communications radio cellulaires et les communications radio non cellulaires en parallèle, et le second processeur (90, 92) permet un traitement pour une couche de liaison de données 2 et toutes les couches au-dessus de la couche 2 dans le dispositif (50) à la fois pour les communications radio cellulaires et les communications radio non cellulaires en parallèle.
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US13/173,767 2011-06-30
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