IP Library Granted Patent US 11,974,217
Granted Patent B1
US 11,974,217 · App. 18/397,042 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Systems/methods of frequency variability responsive to a size of data to be transmitted

Inventor: Peter D. Karabinis (Cary, NC)
H04W48/16H04L69/18H04W40/32H04J2211/005H04J2211/006H04L5/0007H04W84/047H04W88/04
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Patent No.
US 11,974,217
App. No.
18/397,042
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

Embodiments of systems/methods are disclosed wherein a transmitter is configured to wirelessly communicate with a destination device by transmitting to the destination device a first plurality of subcarriers using a first set of frequencies and, responsive to a size of data that is to be transmitted to the destination device, transmitting to the destination device a second plurality of subcarriers using a second set of frequencies. According to some embodiments, the first set of frequencies and/or the second set frequencies comprise frequencies that are used for cellular communications and at least some frequencies of the second set of frequencies are mutually exclusive with the first set of frequencies.

Claims (63)

1. A system comprising a transmitter that is configured to wirelessly communicate with a destination device and is further configured to perform operations comprising:

wirelessly transmitting to the destination device, a first plurality of subcarriers using a first set of frequencies and a first protocol; and

responsive to a size of data that is to be transmitted to the destination device, wirelessly transmitting to the destination device a second plurality of subcarriers using a second set of frequencies and a second protocol that comprises a variant of the first protocol;

wherein the first set of frequencies comprises frequencies used for cellular communications;

wherein the second set of frequencies comprises frequencies used for cellular communications;

wherein at least some frequencies of the second set of frequencies are mutually exclusive with the first set of frequencies; and

wherein said wirelessly transmitting to the destination device, the first plurality of subcarriers using the first set of frequencies and the first protocol; and said wirelessly transmitting to the destination device the second plurality of subcarriers using the second set of frequencies and the second protocol that comprises the variant of the first protocol occur over respective first and second intervals of time that do not overlap with one another.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least some frequencies of the second set of frequencies comprises all frequencies of the second set of frequencies.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter comprises a first transmitter and a second transmitter; and wherein the operations further comprise:

wirelessly transmitting to the destination device using the first transmitter, the first set of frequencies and the first protocol; and

responsive to the size of data that is to be transmitted to the destination device, wirelessly transmitting to the destination device using the second transmitter, the second set of frequencies and the second protocol that comprises the variant of the first protocol.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter comprises a transmitter of a smartphone or a base station.

5. The system of claim 3 ,

wherein the first transmitter comprises a transmitter of a smartphone or a base station; and

wherein the second transmitter comprises a transmitter of the smartphone or the base station.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein said wirelessly transmitting to the destination device using the second transmitter occurs concurrently with said wirelessly transmitting to the destination device using the first transmitter.

7. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein said wirelessly transmitting to the destination device, a first plurality of subcarriers using a first set of frequencies comprises wirelessly transmitting to the destination device a first plurality of subcarriers of a 5G carrier; and

wherein said wirelessly transmitting to the destination device a second plurality of subcarriers using a second set of frequencies comprises wirelessly transmitting to the destination device a second plurality of subcarriers of the 5G carrier.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein said second plurality of subcarriers includes at least one subcarrier that is mutually exclusive with the first plurality of subcarriers.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein said first set of frequencies and/or said second set of frequencies comprises/comprise unlicensed frequencies, licensed frequencies and/or microwave frequencies.

10. The system of claim 4 ,

wherein said wirelessly transmitting to the destination device, a first plurality of subcarriers using a first set of frequencies and a first protocol comprises wirelessly transmitting to the destination device by the smartphone or by the base station a first plurality of subcarriers of a 5G carrier using the first set of frequencies and the first protocol; and

wherein said wirelessly transmitting to the destination device a second plurality of subcarriers using a second set of frequencies and a second protocol that comprises a variant of the first protocol comprises wirelessly transmitting to the destination device by the smartphone or by the base station a second plurality of subcarriers of the 5G carrier using the second set of frequencies and the second protocol that comprises the variant of the first protocol.

11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a receiver that is configured to perform operations comprising:

wirelessly receiving from the destination device using a third set of frequencies; and

responsive to a size of data that is to be transmitted by the destination device, wirelessly receiving from the destination device using a fourth set of frequencies.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein said receiver comprises a receiver of a smartphone or a base station.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein at least some frequencies of the fourth set of frequencies are mutually exclusive with the third set of frequencies.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein said at least some frequencies of the fourth set of frequencies comprises all frequencies of the fourth set of frequencies.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the third set of frequencies and/or the fourth set of frequencies comprise/comprises unlicensed frequencies, licensed frequencies, frequencies that are used for cellular communications and/or microwave frequencies.

16. The system of claim 15 ,

wherein said wirelessly receiving from the destination device using a third set of frequencies comprises wirelessly receiving from the destination device a plurality of subcarriers of a 5G return-link carrier; and

wherein said wirelessly receiving from the destination device using a fourth set of frequencies comprises wirelessly receiving from the destination device a plurality of subcarriers of the 5G return-link carrier.

17. A method comprising:

wirelessly transmitting from a transmitter to a destination device a first plurality of subcarriers using a first set of frequencies and a first protocol; and

responsive to a size of data that is to be transmitted to the destination device, wirelessly transmitting from the transmitter to the destination device a second plurality of subcarriers using a second set of frequencies and a second protocol that comprises a variant of the first protocol;

wherein the first set of frequencies comprises frequencies used for cellular communications;

wherein the second set of frequencies comprises frequencies used for cellular communications;

wherein at least some frequencies of the second set of frequencies are mutually exclusive with the first set of frequencies; and

wherein said wirelessly transmitting from the transmitter to the destination device the first plurality of subcarriers using the first set of frequencies and the first protocol; and said wirelessly transmitting from the transmitter to the destination device the second plurality of subcarriers using the second set of frequencies and the second protocol that comprises the variant of the first protocol occur over respective first and second intervals of time that do not overlap with one another.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein said at least some frequencies of the second set of frequencies comprises all frequencies of the second set of frequencies.

19. The method of claim 17 ,

wherein said wirelessly transmitting from a transmitter to a destination device a first plurality of subcarriers using a first set of frequencies and a first protocol comprises: wirelessly transmitting to the destination device the first plurality of subcarriers using the first set of frequencies, the first protocol and a first transmitter; and

wherein said wirelessly transmitting from the transmitter to the destination device a second plurality of subcarriers using a second set of frequencies and a second protocol that comprises a variant of the first protocol comprises: wirelessly transmitting to the destination device the second plurality of subcarriers using the second set of frequencies, the second protocol that comprises the variant of the first protocol and a second transmitter.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

wirelessly transmitting to the destination device using the first set of frequencies and the first protocol over a first interval of time; and

wirelessly transmitting to the destination device using the second set of frequencies and the second protocol that comprises the variant of the first protocol over a second interval of time that does not overlap with the first interval of time.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein wirelessly transmitting to the destination device using the first transmitter and wirelessly transmitting to the destination device using the second transmitter occur concurrently with one another.

22. The method of claim 17 , wherein said first plurality of subcarriers and said second plurality of subcarriers are transmitted to the destination device over respective first and second intervals of time that do not overlap with one another.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein said first plurality of subcarriers and said second plurality of subcarriers overlap partially in frequency with one another.

24. The method of claim 17 , wherein said first set of frequencies and/or said second set of frequencies comprises/comprise unlicensed frequencies, licensed frequencies and/or microwave frequencies.

25. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

wirelessly receiving from the destination device using a third set of frequencies; and

responsive to a size of data that is to be transmitted by the destination device, wirelessly receiving from the destination device using a fourth set of frequencies;

wherein at least some frequencies of the fourth set of frequencies are mutually exclusive with the third set of frequencies.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein said third set of frequencies and/or said fourth set of frequencies includes/include unlicensed frequencies, licensed frequencies, frequencies that are used for cellular communications and/or microwave frequencies.

27. The method of claim 26 , wherein said wirelessly receiving comprises wirelessly receiving a plurality of subcarriers associated with a return-link 5G carrier.

28. The method of claim 17 , wherein the second plurality of subcarriers comprises frequencies some of which are mutually exclusive with frequencies associated with the first plurality of subcarriers.

29. The method of claim 19 ,

wherein wirelessly transmitting by the first transmitter comprises wirelessly transmitting a first plurality of subcarriers of a 5G carrier; and

wherein wirelessly transmitting by the second transmitter comprises wirelessly transmitting a second plurality of subcarriers of the 5G carrier;

wherein said first plurality of subcarriers and said second plurality of subcarriers are transmitted by the first transmitter and by the second transmitter, respectively, concurrently with one another.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2024
From: KARABINIS, DIMITRIOS
To: ENK WIRELESS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067440/0283 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2024
From: KARABINIS, PETER D.
To: ENK WIRELESS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066748/0087 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 18467796 · Sep 15, 2023
Continuation 18166830 · Feb 9, 2023
Continuation 17082907 · Oct 28, 2020
Continuation 16781091 · Feb 4, 2020
Division 16385608 · Apr 16, 2019
Division 15868281 · Jan 11, 2018
Provisional Application 62451245 · Jan 27, 2017
Provisional Application 62445929 · Jan 13, 2017
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