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US 9,420,600 · App. 14/868,869 · Granted Aug 16, 2016

Dynamic aggregation for coexistence between wireless transceivers of a host device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,420,600
App. No.
14/868,869
Filed
Sep 29, 2015
Granted
Aug 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2466
USPC
370/329
Abstract

A circuit includes a first wireless interface circuit that communicates packetized data to a first external device in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol. A second wireless interface circuit communicates packetized data to a second external device in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol. A plurality of signal lines communicate at least four lines of cooperation data between the first wireless interface circuit and the second wireless interface circuit, wherein the cooperation data relates to cooperate transceiving in a common frequency spectrum.

Claims (55)

1. A wireless communication device comprising:

a first wireless transceiver configurable to communicate packetized data to a first external device in accordance with a mobile broadband access protocol;

a second wireless transceiver configurable to communicate packetized data to a second external device in accordance with a wireless local area network protocol that supports block acknowledgment in accordance with an aggregation parameter, wherein the second wireless transceiver is configurable to:

cooperatively establish a first block acknowledgment session in accordance with a first value of the aggregation parameter when the first wireless transceiver is not engaged in communicating with the first external device;

cooperatively terminate the first block acknowledgment session in response to determining the first wireless transceiver is engaged in communicating with the first external device; and

cooperatively establish a second block acknowledgment session in accordance with a second value of the aggregation parameter when the first wireless transceiver is engaged in communicating with the first external device;

wherein the first wireless transceiver communicates in a first operating band via transmissions that generate interference with reception by the second wireless transceiver in a second operating band.

2. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the second value of the aggregation parameter is less than the first value of the aggregation parameter.

3. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the second wireless transceiver cooperatively establishes the first block acknowledgment session by:

receiving an add block acknowledgment request from the second external device; and

sending to the second external device an add block acknowledgment response that includes the first value of the aggregation parameter.

4. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the second wireless transceiver cooperatively establishes the second block acknowledgment session by:

receiving an add block acknowledgment request from the second external device; and

sending to the second external device an add block acknowledgment response that includes the second value of the aggregation parameter.

5. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the second wireless transceiver cooperatively terminates the first block acknowledgment session by:

sending to the second external device a delete block acknowledgment request; and

receiving an acknowledgment from the second external device.

6. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the mobile broadband access protocol supports a power saving protocol that cycles the first wireless transceiver between an on state to an off state and wherein the first block acknowledgment session is synchronized to the off state and the second block acknowledgment session is synchronized to the on state.

7. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the mobile broadband access protocol is a cellular voice and data protocol.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein the first external device is a base station and the second external device is an access point.

9. A method for use with a first wireless transceiver that communicates in a first operating band via transmissions that generate interference with reception by a second wireless transceiver in a second operating band, the method comprising:

communicating packetized data to a first external device via the first wireless transceiver of a wireless communication device in accordance with a mobile broadband access protocol;

communicating packetized data to a second external device via the second wireless transceiver of the wireless communication device in accordance with a wireless local area network protocol that supports block acknowledgment in accordance with an aggregation parameter;

establishing a first block acknowledgment session between the second wireless transceiver and the second external device in accordance with a first value of the aggregation parameter when the first wireless transceiver of the wireless communication device is not engaged in communication;

terminating the first block acknowledgment session in response to determining that the first wireless transceiver is engaged in communication; and

establishing a second block acknowledgment session in accordance with a second value of the aggregation parameter when the first wireless transceiver is engaged in communication.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the second value of the aggregation parameter is less than the first value of the aggregation parameter.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein establishing the first block acknowledgment session includes:

receiving a first add block acknowledgment request from the second external device; and

sending to the second external device a first add block acknowledgment response that includes the first value of the aggregation parameter.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein establishing the second block acknowledgment session includes:

receiving a second add block acknowledgment request from the second external device; and

sending to the second external device a second add block acknowledgment response that includes the second value of the aggregation parameter.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein terminating the first block acknowledgment session includes:

sending to the second external device a delete block acknowledgment request; and

receiving an acknowledgment from the second external device.

14. A wireless communication device comprises:

a first wireless transceiver configurable to communicate packetized data to a first external device in accordance with a mobile broadband access protocol;

a second wireless transceiver configurable to communicate packetized data to a second external device in accordance with a wireless local area network protocol that supports block acknowledgment in accordance with an aggregation parameter, wherein the second wireless transceiver is configurable to:

establish a first block acknowledgment session in accordance with a first value of the aggregation parameter when the first wireless transceiver is not engaged in communicating with the first external device;

terminate the first block acknowledgment session when the first wireless transceiver is engaged in communicating with the first external device; and

establish a second block acknowledgment session in accordance with a second value of the aggregation parameter when the first wireless transceiver is engaged in communicating with the first external device;

wherein the second value of the aggregation parameter is less than the first value of the aggregation parameter.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein the second wireless transceiver establishes the first block acknowledgment session by:

receiving an add block acknowledgment request from the second external device; and

sending to the second external device an add block acknowledgment response that includes the first value of the aggregation parameter.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein the second wireless transceiver establishes the second block acknowledgment session by:

receiving an add block acknowledgment request from the second external device; and

sending to the second external device an add block acknowledgment response that includes the second value of the aggregation parameter.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein the second wireless transceiver terminates the first block acknowledgment session by:

sending to the second external device a delete block acknowledgment request; and

receiving an acknowledgment from the second external device.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein the mobile broadband access protocol is a cellular voice.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein the first external device is a base station and the second external device is an access point.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein the mobile broadband access protocol supports a power saving protocol that cycles the first wireless transceiver between an on state to an off state and wherein the first block acknowledgment session is synchronized to the off state and the second block acknowledgment session is synchronized to the on state.