BLE link-cluster architecture
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsYaron Alpert, Yuval Matar
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Abstract
A device includes a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) link layer (LL) controller configured to maintain a link cluster including multiple links between the device and one or more connected devices that share parameters associated with the link cluster and to process data associated with the links of the link cluster at a LL. The links of the link cluster established according to a BLE communication standard. The device further includes or is coupled to BLE physical link (PHY) interfaces coupled to the BLE LL controller and configured to exchange the data on different links of the link cluster at different respective signal frequencies, interface with the BLE LL controller, and process the data at a PHY layer.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) link layer (LL) controller configured to maintain a link cluster including multiple links between the device and one or more connected devices that share parameters associated with the link cluster and to process data associated with the links of the link cluster at a LL, the links of the link cluster established according to a BLE communication standard;
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- BLE physical link (PHY) interfaces coupled to the BLE LL controller and configured to exchange the data on different links of the link cluster at different respective signal frequencies, interface with the BLE LL controller, and process the data at a PHY layer.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a non-transitory memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory, wherein executing the instructions causes the processor to be configured to:
- maintain a link cluster including multiple links between the apparatus and one or more connected devices that share parameters associated with the link cluster and to process data associated with the links of the link cluster at a link layer (LL), the links of the link cluster established according to a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) communication standard;
- process the data at a PHY layer;
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- exchange data on different links of the link cluster at different respective signal frequencies and at respective BLE physical link (PHY) interfaces coupled to the LL.
A system, comprising:
- a BLE device including a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) link layer (LL) controller, the BLE LL controller configured to maintain a link cluster including multiple links between the BLE device and one or more connected devices that share parameters associated with the link cluster and to process data associated with the links of the link cluster at the LL, the links of the link cluster established according to a BLE communication standard;
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- transmitter devices including respective BLE physical link (PHY) interfaces coupled to the BLE LL controller via one or more networks, the BLE PHY interfaces configured to exchange the data on different links of the link cluster at different respective signal frequencies with the one or more connected devices, interface with the BLE LL controller and process the data at a PHY layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.