Application dedicated transceiver communications
View Patent ↗Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for application dedicated transceivers. In one example, a method for operating a wireless device includes, in a device application, initiating a request for a dedicated-transceiver. In response to the request, the method further includes, in the device operating system, requesting dedicated-transceiver information from a transceiver system on the device and, once the information is received from the transceiver system, transferring a dedicated-transceiver response to the application. The method also provides, in the device application, initiating a communication handshake with the transceiver system and, upon completion of the handshake, communicating application data to the transceiver system without the use of the operating system.
1. A method of operating a wireless communication device to facilitate dedicated-transceiver communications comprising:
in a device application, transferring a dedicated-transceiver request for delivery to a device operating system;
in the device operating system, receiving the dedicated-transceiver request, and in response, transferring a dedicated-transceiver instruction to a wireless transceiver system;
in the wireless transceiver system, receiving the dedicated-transceiver instruction, and in response, determining availability data for one or more transceivers in the wireless transceiver system, identifying a transceiver for the device application based on the availability data, and transferring dedicated-transceiver information that indicates the transceiver identified for the device application for delivery to the device operating system;
in the device operating system, receiving the dedicated-transceiver information, and in response, transferring a dedicated-transceiver response for delivery to the device application;
in the device application, receiving the dedicated-transceiver response, and in response, transferring a dedicated-transceiver initiation to the wireless transceiver system;
in the wireless transceiver system, receiving the dedicated-transceiver initiation, and in response, transferring a dedicated-transceiver acceptance for delivery to the device application; and
in the device application, receiving the dedicated-transceiver acceptance, and in response, transferring application communications directly to the wireless transceiver system.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein transferring the dedicated-transceiver request for delivery to the device operating system comprises transferring, using an application programming interface, the dedicated-transceiver request for delivery to the device operating system.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein transferring the dedicated-transceiver response for delivery to the device application comprises transferring the dedicated transceiver response to the device application based on the application programming interface.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein transferring the dedicated-transceiver instruction to the wireless transceiver system comprises transferring, using an application programming interface, the dedicated-transceiver instruction to the wireless transceiver system.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the device application is communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver system.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
in the wireless transceiver system, receiving the application communications, and in response, transmitting the application communications using a wireless communication format.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the wireless communication format comprises Long Term Evolution format.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the dedicated-transceiver response comprises at least an indication of the transceiver identified for the device application.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the availability data for the one or more transceivers in the transceiver system comprises signal strength information.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the dedicated-transceiver information comprises at least security information for one or more transceivers in the transceiver system.
11. A wireless communication device for secure communications comprising:
an application configured to communicate a dedicated-transceiver request to a device operating system, receive a dedicated-transceiver response from the device operating system, initiate a communication handshake with a transceiver system, and transfer secure application communications directly to the transceiver system;
the device operating system configured to receive the dedicated-transceiver request from the application, request dedicated-transceiver information from the transceiver system, receive the dedicated-transceiver information from the transceiver system, and communicate the dedicated-transceiver response to the application based on the dedicated-transceiver information; and
the transceiver system configured to determine availability data for one or more transceivers in the transceiver system, identify a transceiver for the application based on the availability data, communicate the dedicated-transceiver information that indicates the transceiver identified for the device application to the device operating system, respond to the communication handshake from the application, and receive the secure application communications.
12. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the application configured to communicate the dedicated-transceiver request to the device operating system is configured to communicate, using an application programming interface, the dedicated-transceiver request to the device operating system.
13. The wireless communication device of claim 12 wherein the device operating system configured to communicate the dedicated-transceiver response to the application is configured to communicate the dedicated-transceiver response to the application based on the application programming interface.
14. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the device operating system configured to request dedicated-transceiver information from the transceiver system is configured to request dedicated-transceiver information from the transceiver system using an application programming interface.
15. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the application is communicatively coupled to the transceiver system.
16. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the transceiver system is further configured to transmit the secure application communications for the application using a wireless communication format.
17. The wireless communication device of claim 16 wherein the wireless communication format comprises Long Term Evolution format.
18. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the dedicated-transceiver response comprises at least an indication of the transceiver identified for the application.
19. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the availability data for the one or more transceivers in the transceiver system comprises signal strength information.
20. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the dedicated-transceiver information comprises at least security information for one or more transceivers in the transceiver system.