IP Library Granted Patent US 11,026,175
Granted Patent B2
US 11,026,175 · App. 16/143,778 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Implementation of traffic coexistence for collocated transceivers including Bluetooth transceivers

Inventors: Raghavendra Kencharla (Bangalore, IN); Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao (Bangalore, IN); Sri Ramya Thota (Bangalore, IN); Raghunatha Kondareddy (Fremont, CA); Kamesh Medapalli (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
H04W52/0248H04L5/0035H04W52/0216H04W72/1215H04W76/18H04W4/80H04W84/12H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 11,026,175
App. No.
16/143,778
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices enable coexistence of traffic for collocated transceivers. Methods may include generating, using a processing device, a target-wake-time (TWT) agreement, the TWT agreement being determined based on availability of a first transceiver and a plurality of wireless devices. The methods may also include generating, using the processing device, a medium access schedule for the first transceiver based on a transmission parameter of a second transceiver, the second transceiver being collocated with the first transceiver and sharing a transmission medium with the first transceiver, and the medium access schedule being a TWT schedule. The methods may further include transmitting the TWT schedule to the plurality of wireless devices, the TWT schedule identifying a plurality of wake times and a plurality of sleep times to the plurality of wireless devices.

Claims (38)

1. A method comprising:

generating, using a processing device, a target-wake-time (TWT) agreement, the TWT agreement being determined based on availability of a first transceiver and a plurality of wireless devices;

generating, using the processing device, a medium access schedule for the first transceiver using a first transmission protocol based, at least in part, on transmission events determined based on a second transmission protocol of a second transceiver, the first transmission protocol and the second transmission protocol being different transmission protocols, the second transceiver being collocated in the same device as the first transceiver and sharing a transmission medium with the first transceiver, and the medium access schedule being a TWT schedule having wake times and sleep times for the first transceiver and the plurality of wireless devices determined based on a timing and duty cycle of the second transmission protocol and an alignment with activity of the second transceiver; and

transmitting the TWT schedule to the plurality of wireless devices, the TWT schedule identifying the plurality of wake times and a plurality of sleep times to the plurality of wireless devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transceiver is a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver compatible with a Wi-Fi transmission protocol, and wherein the plurality of wireless devices is compatible with the Wi-Fi transmission protocol.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second transceiver is a Bluetooth transceiver, and wherein a transmission parameter of the second transceiver identifies one or more parameters of a Bluetooth transmission protocol.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the TWT schedule is generated based, at least in part, on Bluetooth sync events associated with the second transceiver.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of wake times and a plurality of sleep times are determined based, at least in part, on a duty cycle of the Bluetooth transmission protocol.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating, using the processing device, a first control signal to grant or deny transmission medium access to the first transceiver based, at least in part, on the TWT schedule; and

generating, using the processing device, a second control signal to grant or deny transmission medium access to the second transceiver based, at least in part, on the TWT schedule.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first control signal grants transmission medium access to the first transceiver during a wake time identified by the TWT schedule, and wherein the second control signal grants transmission medium access to the second transceiver during a sleep time identified by the TWT schedule.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transceiver and the second transceiver operate on the same frequency band, and wherein the TWT schedule is transmitted in a beacon frame.

9. A device comprising:

a first transceiver configured to transmit, using an antenna, data packets in accordance with a first transmission protocol;

a second transceiver configured to transmit, using the antenna, data packets in accordance with a second transmission protocol, the second transceiver being collocated with the first transceiver; and

a processing device configured to generate a medium access schedule for the first transceiver using a first transmission protocol based, at least in part, on transmission events determined based on a second transmission protocol of the second transceiver, the first transmission protocol and the second transmission protocol being different transmission protocols, wherein the medium access schedule is a target-wake-time (TWT) schedule having wake times and sleep times for the first transceiver and a plurality of wireless devices determined based on a timing and duty cycle of the second transmission protocol and an alignment with activity of the second transceiver.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first transceiver is a WLAN transceiver compatible with a Wi-Fi transmission protocol.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the second transceiver is a Bluetooth transceiver, wherein a transmission parameter of the second transceiver identifies one or more parameters of a Bluetooth transmission protocol, and wherein the first transceiver and the second transceiver operate on the same frequency band.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the TWT schedule is generated based, at least in part, on Bluetooth sync events associated with the second transceiver.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of wake times and a plurality of sleep times are determined based, at least in part, on a duty cycle of the Bluetooth transmission protocol.

14. The device of claim 10 , wherein the processing device comprises a packet traffic arbiter included in the first transceiver.

15. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further configured to:

generate a first control signal to grant or deny transmission medium access to the first transceiver based, at least in part, on the TWT schedule; and

generate a second control signal to grant or deny transmission medium access to the second transceiver based, at least in part, on the TWT schedule.

16. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further configured to transmit the TWT schedule to a plurality of client devices, wherein the plurality of client devices is compatible with a Wi-Fi transmission protocol, and wherein the TWT schedule is transmitted in a beacon frame.

17. A system comprising:

an antenna configured to transmit wireless communications signals;

a WLAN transceiver compatible with a Wi-Fi transmission protocol;

a Bluetooth transceiver compatible with a Bluetooth transmission protocol and collocated with the WLAN transceiver;

a processing device configured to generate a medium access schedule for the WLAN transceiver using Wi-Fi transmission protocol based, at least in part, on transmission events determined based on the Bluetooth transmission protocol of the Bluetooth transceiver, wherein the medium access schedule is a target-wake-time (TWT) schedule having wake times and sleep times for the first transceiver determined based on a timing and duty cycle of the Bluetooth transmission protocol and an alignment with activity of the Bluetooth transceiver;

a first plurality of devices configured to communicate with the WLAN transceiver; and

a second plurality of devices configured to communicate with the Bluetooth transceiver.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the processing device is further configured to:

generate a first control signal to grant or deny transmission medium access to the WLAN transceiver based, at least in part, on the TWT schedule; and

generate a second control signal to grant or deny transmission medium access to the Bluetooth transceiver based, at least in part, on the TWT schedule.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the TWT schedule is generated based, at least in part, on Bluetooth sync events associated with the Bluetooth transceiver.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the WLAN transceiver and the Bluetooth transceiver operate on the same frequency band, wherein the WLAN transceiver and the Bluetooth transceiver use a same antenna, wherein the processing device is further configured to transmit the medium access schedule to the first plurality of devices in a beacon frame, and wherein the processing device is included in an access point.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP.
Reel/Frame 073571/0456 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: MEDAPALLI, KAMESH
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064173/0703 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 059410/0438 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2019
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049917/0093 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: KENCHARLA, RAGHAVENDRA; GUNDO RAO, RAJENDRA KUMAR; THOTA, SRI RAMYA; KONDAREDDY, RAGHUNATHA
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047732/0219 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62690762 · Jun 27, 2018
Provisional Application 62594409 · Dec 4, 2017
Related Publication 20190174418A1 · Jun 6, 2019