Adaptive channel mapping for wireless communications
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsHeng Lou, Jeffrey Paul Solum, Chaitanya Jidge
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Abstract
Examples of devices, methods, systems, and machine readable media for reducing the burden of a master device of a second wireless connection by utilizing the channel map of a first wireless connection are provided. Since both the first and second wireless connections are located at nearly the same location, the “good channels” are very similar for both connections. Therefore a second wireless connection may take advantage of the channel assessment conducted by a first wireless connection in identifying channels by using one or more channels of the first wireless connection for communications in the second wireless connection.
Claims20
A hearing system configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile device via a first wireless connection, comprising:
- first and second hearing devices configured to communicate with each other via a second wireless connection, the first hearing device configured to receive from the mobile device a first channel map including a plurality of first channels selected by the mobile device to be used for the first wireless connection, to select a subset of channels of the plurality of first channels to be one or more second channels used for the second wireless connection, to produce a second channel map including the selected one or more second channels, and to inform the second hearing device of the second channel map, the first channels each being a frequency range.
A method for managing communication for a hearing system, comprising:
- receiving from a mobile device a first channel map using a first hearing device, the first channel map including a plurality of first channels selected by the mobile device to be used for a first wireless connection for communication between the mobile device and the first hearing device, the first channels each being a frequency range;
- producing a second channel map including one or more second channels selected by the first hearing device to be used for a second wireless connection for communication between the first hearing device and a second hearing device, including selecting a subset of the plurality of first channels to be the one or more second channels;
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- informing the second hearing device of the second channel map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.