System and method for multi-mode communication based on power consumption corresponds to utilization factor and transmission time

A method for allocating multi-mode communication, the method comprising:

• calculating, by a processor, a plurality of power consumption value pairs corresponding to a plurality of utilization factor pairs, wherein each pair of the plurality of utilization factor pairs comprises a first utilization factor corresponding to utilization of a first transceiver in a modem and a second utilization factor corresponding to utilization of a second transceiver in the modem, the first transceiver configured to communicate using a first protocol, the second transceiver configured to communicate using a second protocol, wherein calculating each power consumption factor pair comprises:
• calculating a first power consumption value corresponding to the first utilization factor, the first utilization factor corresponding to the first transceiver;
• and
• calculating a second power consumption value corresponding to the second utilization factor, the second utilization factor corresponding to utilization of the second transceiver;
• selecting, by the processor, a first utilization factor pair and a second utilization factor pair based on the plurality of power consumption value pairs;
• calculating, by the processor, a first transmission time for the first transceiver based on the first utilization factor pair and the second utilization factor pair;
• calculating, by the processor, a second transmission time for the second transceiver based on the first utilization factor pair and the second utilization factor pair;
• allocating, by the processor, data for transmission by the first transceiver or the second transceiver according to the first transmission time and the second transmission time, to generate a selected transceiver;
• and
• transmitting, by the selected transceiver, the data.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by a processor, the program including instructions to:

• calculate a plurality of power consumption value pairs corresponding to a plurality of utilization factor pairs, wherein each pair of the plurality of utilization factor pairs comprises a first utilization factor corresponding to utilization of a first transceiver in a modem and a second utilization factor corresponding to utilization of a second transceiver in the modem, the first transceiver configured to communicate using a first protocol, and the second transceiver configured to communicate using a second protocol, wherein the instructions to calculate each power consumption factor pair comprises instructions to:
• calculate a first power consumption value corresponding to the first utilization factor, the first utilization factor corresponding to the first transceiver;
• and
• calculate a second power consumption value corresponding to the second utilization factor, the second utilization factor corresponding to utilization of the second transceiver;
• select a first utilization factor pair and a second utilization factor pair based on the plurality of estimated power consumption value pairs;
• calculate a first transmission time for the first transceiver based on the first utilization factor pair and the second utilization factor pair;
• calculate a second transmission time for the second transceiver based on the first utilization factor pair and the second utilization factor pair;
• allocate data for transmission by the first transceiver or the second transceiver according to the first transmission time and the second transmission time, to generate a selected transceiver;
• and
• transmit the data on the selected transceiver.