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US 10,165,425 B2Granted
Dynamically switching communication modes in multi-standard wireless communication devices
AssigneeCypress Semiconductor Corporation
InventorDavid G. Wright
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Abstract
Techniques for wireless communications are described. In an example embodiment, a method of configuring wireless communication between two devices comprises using two different communication channels each having a different number of timeslots, in which the first channel is used in a first mode, the second channel is used in the second mode, and operation transitions between the first mode and the second mode in accordance with a predetermined characteristic corresponding to the communication between the two devices.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- configuring a first device to establish first and second wireless communication channels with a second device;
- configuring the first device to communicate using the first communication channel in a first mode of operation;
- configuring the first device to communicate using the second communication channel in a second mode of operation;
- configuring the first device to transition from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation in response to determining that an event has not occurred based on at least one predetermined characteristic corresponding to communication between the first device and the second device;
- operating the first communication channel in accordance with a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol;
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- operating the second communication channel in accordance with a Bluetooth (BT) protocol.
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A device comprising:
- a first protocol control circuit configured to communicate as a slave with a multi-mode master device using a multi-mode radio in a first operating mode of the device;
- a second protocol control circuit configured to communicate as the slave with the multi-mode master device using the multi-mode radio in a second operating mode of the device;
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- a mode switch controller coupled to the first and second protocol control circuits and configured for dynamically switching operations between the first mode and the second mode in response to determining that an event has not occurred based on at least one predetermined characteristic corresponding to communication between the device and the multi-mode master device;
- wherein the first protocol control circuit comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) control circuit and the second protocol control circuit comprises a Bluetooth (BT) control circuit.
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A device comprising:
- a first protocol control circuit configured to communicate as a master with a multi-mode slave device using a multi-mode radio in a first operating mode of the device;
- a second protocol control circuit configured to communicate as the master with the multi-mode slave device using the multi-mode radio in a second operating mode of the device;
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- a mode switch controller coupled to the first and second protocol control circuits and configured for dynamically switching operations between the first mode and the second mode in response to determining that an event has not occurred based on one or more predetermined characteristics corresponding to communication between the device and the multi-mode slave device;
- wherein the first protocol control circuit comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) control circuit and the second protocol control circuit comprises a Bluetooth (BT) control circuit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.