Method, Apparatus or Computer Program for Changing From Scheduled to Unscheduled Communication Modes
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsChristian Zechlin, Eugen Palnau
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Abstract
A method comprising: while in a first communication mode that uses scheduled communication, detecting when a number of packets communicated in an interval exceeds a threshold; and if the number of packets communicated in the interval exceeds the threshold, changing the communication mode from the first communication mode to a second communication mode that uses unscheduled communication and if the number of packets communicated in the interval does not exceed the threshold, remaining in the first communication mode.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- while in a first communication mode that uses scheduled communication, detecting when a number of packets communicated in an interval exceeds a threshold;
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- if the number of packets communicated in the interval exceeds the threshold, changing the communication mode from the first communication mode to a second communication mode that uses unscheduled communication and
- if the number of packets communicated in the interval does not exceed the threshold, remaining in the first communication mode.
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An apparatus comprising:
- radio transceiver circuitry operable according to a schedule when the apparatus is in a first communication mode and operable without a schedule when the apparatus is in a second communication mode;
- a mechanism arranged to detect when a number of packets communicated in an interval exceeds a threshold;
- circuitry arranged to change a communication mode of the apparatus from the first communication mode to the second communication mode if the detected number of packets communicated in the interval exceeds the threshold and arranged to maintain the first communication mode if the detected number of packets communicated in the interval does not exceed the threshold.
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A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform
- starting a timeout period after a communication;
- counting communications during the timeout period;
- determining when the count of communications during the timeout period exceeds a threshold;
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- enabling exit from a first communication mode that uses scheduled communication to enter a second communication mode that uses unscheduled communication if the count of communications during the timeout exceeds a threshold and for enabling maintenance of the first communication mode if the count of communications during the timeout period does not exceed the threshold.
A method of controlling a low power radio transceiver comprising:
- delaying, after a commencement of data communication, an exit from a scheduled communication mode until a predetermined data transfer condition is satisfied.
A radio transceiver apparatus comprising:
- a mechanism configured to delay, after a commencement of data communication, an exit from a scheduled communication mode until a predetermined data transfer condition is satisfied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.