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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsChristopher Martin Simmonds, Russell John Haines, Michael Philip Fitton
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The invention relates to methods and apparatus for alternative mode monitoring in a communications system, particularly a wireless communications network. A method of alternative mode monitoring in a communications system is described. The communications system includes a network communications access point and a terminal coupled to said access point for data communication between said terminal and said access point, one mode of said data communication comprising communicating data in tranches, transmission of a tranche of data from one of said access point and said terminal to the other of said access point and said terminal being acknowledged by an acknowledgement signal sent in reply. The method comprises suppressing said acknowledgement signal using said terminal, and reconfiguring said terminal to monitor an alternative mode of said data communication during a period when said acknowledgement signal would otherwise have been sent. Suppressing the acknowledgement signal allows reconfigurable operation of busy wireless data transfer systems with little disruption to network operation.
A method of alternative mode monitoring in a communications system, the communications system including a network communications access point and a terminal coupled to said access point for data communication between said terminal and said access point, one mode of said data communication comprising communicating data in tranches, transmission of a tranche of data from one of said access point and said terminal to the other of said access point and said terminal being acknowledged by an acknowledgement signal sent in reply, the method comprising suppressing said acknowledgement signal using said terminal, and reconfiguring said terminal to monitor an alternative mode of said data communication during a period when said acknowledgement signal would otherwise have been sent.
A method of operating a reconfigurable radio packet data communications terminal, the method comprising:
A method of operating a reconfigurable radio packet data communications terminal, the method comprising:
A method of using a reconfigurable terminal of a wireless packet data communications network to create a time window to enable alternative mode monitoring, the method comprising omitting to transmit from the terminal an acknowledgement signal for a packet data communication to force retransmission of the packet data communication, to create said time window for reconfiguring said terminal to enable said alternative mode monitoring.
A method of operating a reconfigurable radio packet data communications terminal, the method comprising:
A method of using a reconfigurable terminal of a wireless packet data communications network to create a time window to enable alternative mode monitoring, the method comprising omitting to transmit a packet data communication from the terminal to create said time window for reconfiguring said terminal to enable said alternative mode monitoring.
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