Cellular channel bonding for improved data transmission bandwidth
View Patent ↗Systems and methods wirelessly communicate data over a plurality of cellular channels by requesting an allocation of cellular frequency channels from a mobile station to a base station; allocating available frequency channels in response to the request from the mobile station; and bonding the available frequency channels to communicate data.
1. A method comprising:
a mobile station receiving an allocation of at least two cellular frequency channels;
the mobile station aggregating available wireless channels by bonding together the at least two cellular frequency channels and a short-range radio channel to increase transmission bandwidth; and
the mobile station communicating a set of data between the mobile station and a base station using the bonded at least two cellular frequency channels and the short-range radio channel concurrently.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising dynamically bonding the short-range radio channel with the at least two cellular frequency channels based on a current traffic load.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising dynamically bonding the short-range radio channel with the at least two cellular frequency channels based on priority of service.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the data comprises video information.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving from the mobile station a request to increase the transmission bandwidth.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising the mobile station determining a number of the cellular frequency channels to request based on the requested transmission bandwidth.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deallocating the at least two cellular frequency channels after communicating the data.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the mobile station communicating data and voice information simultaneously over the bonded cellular frequency and short-range radio channels.
9. An apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a first transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to communicate with a base station over cellular frequency channels;
a second transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to communicate with the base station over a short-range radio channel; and
a circuit configured to aggregate by bonding together a plurality of the cellular frequency channels and the short-range radio channel to increase transmission capacity;
wherein the first and second transceivers are further configured to communicate a set of data to the base station using the aggregated plurality of cellular frequency channels and the short-range radio channel concurrently.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first and second transceivers are configured to communicate multimedia files via the aggregated channels.
11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile station.
12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the circuit is configured to aggregate the channels based upon demand.
13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor comprises an integrated circuit having a reconfigurable processor core that includes a plurality of digital signal processors (DSPs).
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the reconfigurable processor core includes one or more reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processors.
15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the circuit comprises a router coupled to the reconfigurable processor core.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the router is configured to aggregate the plurality of the cellular frequency channels and the short-range wireless channel.
17. A mobile station comprising:
a processor;
a long-range transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to communicate with a base station over cellular frequency channels;
a short-range transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to communicate with the base station over a short-range radio channel;
means for aggregating wireless channels including bonding together a plurality of the cellular frequency channels and the short-range radio channel to increase data communication bandwidth between the mobile station and the base station; and
means for transmitting a set of data to the base station using the bonded short-range radio channel and the plurality of cellular frequency channels concurrently.
18. The mobile station of claim 17 , wherein the processor comprises a reconfigurable processor core including a plurality of digital signal processors (DSPs).
19. The mobile station of claim 18 , wherein the reconfigurable processor core includes one or more reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processors.
20. The mobile station of claim 18 , wherein the means for bonding comprises a router coupled to the reconfigurable processor core.