Wlan systems having reduced power consumption by dynamic setting and related methods thereof
OwnerTai-Cheng Liuinventor
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Abstract
A WLAN system is disclosed. The system includes: an Analog Front-End (AFE) circuit, for converting between analog baseband data and digital baseband data; a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit, coupled to the AFE circuit, for converting between analog RF data and analog baseband data; and a baseband circuit, coupled to the AFE circuit, for processing the digital baseband data and dynamically setting at least a parameter of the WLAN system based on the content of the data, in order to control the power consumption level of the WLAN system.
Claims20
A WLAN system, comprising:
- an Analog Front-End (AFE) circuit, for converting digital baseband data into analog baseband data or converting analog baseband data into digital baseband data;
- a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit, coupled to the AFE circuit, for converting the analog baseband data into an RF signal and transmitting the RF signal, or receiving and converting a received RF signal into the analog baseband data;
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- a baseband circuit, coupled to the AFE circuit, for processing the digital baseband data and dynamically setting parameters of the AFE circuit, the RF circuit, or both the AFE and RF circuits to adjust a power consumption level according to a content of the digital baseband data.
A method of transmitting data packets over a WLAN network comprising:
- dynamically setting at least a transmitting parameter to adjust a power consumption level for transmission;
- converting digital baseband data packets into analog baseband data;
- converting the analog baseband data into analog RF data;
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- transmitting the analog RF data.
A method for receiving data packets over a WLAN network, the method comprising:
- receiving an analog RF data;
- dynamically setting the receiving parameters to adjust a power consumption level of signal reception;
- converting the analog RF data to analog baseband data;
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- converting the analog baseband data to digital baseband data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.