Apparatus, system and method of communication by co-located wireless communication modules
View Patent ↗Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of communication by co-located wireless communication modules. For example, a device may be configured to receive a latency attribute indicating an allowed latency to transmit a packet using one or more shared resources shared between a plurality of wireless communication modules; receive a first priority level indicating a first transmission priority of the packet; increase the first priority level to a second priority level based on a comparison between the allowed latency and a time from reception of the latency attribute; and send the second priority level to an arbitration module, the second priority level to indicate to the arbitration module a second transmission priority to transmit the packet using the shared resources.
1. A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause a priority increaser of a wireless communication device to:
receive a latency attribute indicating an allowed latency to transmit a packet using one or more shared resources of the wireless communication device, which are shared between a plurality of wireless communication modules of the wireless communication device;
receive a first priority level indicating a first transmission priority of the packet;
increase the first priority level to a second priority level based on a comparison between the allowed latency and a time from reception of the latency attribute by the priority increaser; and
send the second priority level to an arbitration module, wherein the second priority level indicates to the arbitration module a second transmission priority to transmit the packet using the one or more shared resources of the wireless communication device.
2. The product of claim 1 , wherein the latency attribute comprises a Requested Max Latency (RML) attribute to indicate a maximal latency to transmit the packet.
3. The product of claim 1 , wherein the latency attribute comprises a latency time value to indicate the allowed latency, the instructions, when executed, cause the priority increaser to set a timer to count down from the latency time value, and to increase the first priority level to the second priority level based on a comparison between a predefined threshold and a remaining time to expiration of the timer.
4. The product of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the priority increaser to increase the priority level based on a comparison between a predefined threshold and a difference between the allowed latency and the time from reception of the latency attribute by the priority increaser.
5. The product of claim 1 , wherein the first and second priority levels comprise quality of service (QoS) levels.
6. The product of claim 1 , wherein the first and second priority levels comprise Bluetooth profiles.
7. The product of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wireless communication modules comprise first and second different modules selected from the group consisting of a Bluetooth (BT) module, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) module, and a Long Term Evolution (LTE) module.
8. A wireless communication device comprising:
a plurality of wireless communication modules; and
a priority increaser configured to receive a latency attribute indicating an allowed latency to transmit a packet using one or more shared resources of the wireless communication device, which are shared between the plurality of wireless communication modules of the wireless communication device; configured to receive a first priority level indicating a first transmission priority of the packet; configured to increase the first priority level to a second priority level based on a comparison between the allowed latency and a time from reception of the latency attribute by the priority increaser; and configured to send the second priority level to an arbitration module, wherein the second priority level indicates to the arbitration module a second transmission priority to transmit the packet using the one or more shared resources of the wireless communication device.
9. The wireless communication device of claim 8 , wherein the latency attribute comprises a latency time value to indicate the allowed latency, the priority increaser is configured to set a timer to count down from the latency time value, and to increase the first priority level to the second priority level based on a comparison between a predefined threshold and a remaining time to expiration of the timer.
10. The wireless communication device of claim 8 , wherein the priority increaser is configured to increase the priority level based on a comparison between a predefined threshold and a difference between the allowed latency and the time from reception of the latency attribute by the priority increaser.
11. The wireless communication device of claim 8 comprising one or more antennas, a memory and a processor.