Multi-radio device
AssigneeNXP USA, Inc.
InventorsYi-Ling Chao, Timothy J. Donovan, Yui Lin, Hsun-Yao Jan, Yiqing Shen
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Abstract
One example discloses a multi-radio device, including: a controller configured to be coupled to a radio; wherein the controller is configured to receive a request to communicate a signal with an initial communication priority from the radio; wherein the controller includes a priority offset module configured to, adjust the initial communication priority by a first offset; and wherein the controller includes a priority escalator module configured to, adjust the initial communication priority by a second offset.
Claims19
A multi-radio device, comprising:
- a controller configured to be coupled to a radio;
- wherein the controller is configured to receive a request to communicate a signal with an initial communication priority from the radio;
- wherein the controller is configured to, adjust the initial communication priority by a first offset;
- wherein if an accumulated medium airtime for the radio in a predetermined time period exceeds a preset threshold, then the controller is configured to decrement the first offset;
- and
- wherein the accumulated medium airtime includes a total time the radio is granted to communicate the signal and any other signals.
Method of enabling a multi-radio device to be operated, comprising:
- distributing a set of instructions, stored on a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, for configuring the multi-radio device;
- wherein the multi-radio device includes a priority offset module and a priority escalator module, and is configured to be coupled to a radio;
- wherein the instructions include:
- receiving a request to communicate a signal with an initial communication priority from the radio;
- adjusting the initial communication priority by a first offset with the priority offset module;
- and
- adjusting the initial communication priority by a second offset with the priority escalator module;
- wherein if an accumulated medium airtime for the radio in a predetermined time period exceeds a preset threshold, then the priority offset module decrements the first offset;
- and
- wherein the accumulated medium airtime includes a total time the radio is granted to communicate the signal and any other signals.
A multi-radio device, comprising:
- a controller configured to be coupled to a radio;
- wherein the controller is configured to receive a request to communicate a signal with an initial communication priority from the radio;
- wherein the controller is configured to, adjust the initial communication priority by a first offset;
- wherein if an accumulated medium airtime in a predetermined time period falls below a preset threshold, then the controller is configured to increment the first offset;
- and
- wherein the accumulated medium airtime includes a total time the radio is granted to communicate the signal and any other signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.