Structure of a mobile terminal for different communication systems
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorPatrick Nickel
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A mobile terminal (1) is to be suitably constructed for different communication systems. The terminal contains in its physical layer exchangeable receive modules (3) which are coupled with higher layers via a convergence layer (4). In the higher shifts is arranged a reconfigurable protocol stack (9, 10) for the different protocols of the communication systems. These protocols are stored in a data base (14) remote from the terminal (1) and are loaded in the protocol stack (9, 10) by means of a standard system (11).
Claims9
A structure of a mobile terminal for different communication systems which work with different air interfaces and different protocols, characterized in that the terminal (1) in its physical layer contains receive modules (3) for the different air interfaces, in that the terminal (1) has a convergence layer (4) which forms a uniform interface for the coupling of the receive module (3) to higher layers, in that in the higher layers there is a reconfigurable protocol stack (9, 10) with software components for the different protocols, in that the software components are stored in a database (14) remote from the terminal (1) and in that the terminal (1) includes a standard system (11) by which it retrieves the software components of the respective communication system via a base station (13) from the database (14) in its protocol stack (9, 10).
Mobile terminal for different communication systems which work with different air interfaces and different protocols, characterized in that the terminal (1) in its physical layer contains receive modules (3) for the different air interfaces, in that the terminal (1) has a convergence layer (4) which forms a uniform interface for the coupling of the receive module (3) to higher layers, in that in the higher layers there is a reconfigurable protocol stack (9, 10) with software components for the different protocols, in that the software components are stored in a database (14) remote from the terminal (1) and in that the terminal (1) includes a standard system (11) by which it retrieves the software components of the respective communication system via a base station (13) from the database (14) in its protocol stack (9, 10).
Integrated circuit für a mobile terminal which is suitable for different communication systems which work with different air interfaces and different protocols, characterized in that the integrated circuit in its physical layer contains receive modules (3) for the different air interfaces, in that the integrated circuit has a convergence layer (4) which forms a uniform interface for the coupling of the receive module (3) to higher layers, in that in the higher layers there is a reconfigurable protocol stack (9, 10) with software components for the different protocols, in that the software components are stored in a database (14) remote from the integrated circuit and in that the integrated circuit includes a standard system (11) by which it retrieves the software components of the respective communication system via a base station (13) from the database (14) in its protocol stack (9, 10).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.