Event-triggered mode switching for a mobile terminal
AssigneeSony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorRickard LJUNG
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Abstract
A mobile terminal comprises a modem for communication with a wireless network. The modem is configured for operating in a plurality of different modes. The mobile terminal comprises a processing device operative to, in response to detecting a trigger event, perform a mode selection to select a mode from the plurality of modes in accordance with at least one constraint, and control the modem to start operating in the selected mode.
Claims20
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a modem for communication with a wireless network, the modem being configured for operating in a plurality of different modem operation modes, wherein while in each one of the plurality of different modem operation modes the modem is operational;
- and
- a processing device operative to,
- monitor whether a trigger event is detected,
- perform a mode selection to select a modem operation mode from the plurality of modem operation modes in accordance with at least one constraint in response to detecting a trigger event that is dependent on a condition of the mobile terminal, the at least one constraint defining which modem operation mode or which modem operation modes are allowed to be selected as a function of one or several parameters of the mobile terminal, wherein the selected modem operation mode is distinguished from at least one further modem operation mode by a transmission repetition count associated with each respective modem operation mode, and
- control the modem to start operating in the selected modem operation mode.
A system, comprising
- a cellular wireless network comprising a plurality of base stations;
- and
- a mobile terminal comprising:
- a modem for communication with the cellular wireless network, the modem being configured for operating in a plurality of different modem operation modes, wherein while in each one of the plurality of different modem operation modes the modem is operational;
- and
- a processing device operative to
- monitor whether a trigger event is detected, perform a mode selection to select a modem operation mode from the plurality of modem operation modes in accordance with at least one constraint in response to detecting a trigger event that is dependent on a condition of the mobile terminal, the at least one constraint defining which modem operation mode or which modem operation modes are allowed to be selected as a function of one or several parameters of the mobile terminal, wherein the selected modem operation mode is distinguished from at least one further modem operation mode by a transmission repetition count associated with each respective modem operation mode, and control the modem to start operating in the selected modem operation mode.
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising a modem for communication with a wireless network, the modem being configured for operating in a plurality of different modem operation modes, wherein while in each one of the plurality of different modem operation modes the modem is operational, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by a processing device of the mobile terminal, whether a trigger event is detected,
- performing, by the processing device of the mobile terminal, a mode selection to select a modem operation mode from the plurality of modem operation modes in accordance with at least one constraint in response to detecting a trigger event that is dependent on a condition of the mobile terminal, the at least one constraint defining which modem operation mode or which modem operation modes are allowed to be selected as a function of one or several parameters of the mobile terminal, wherein the selected modem operation mode is distinguished from at least one further modem operation mode by a transmission repetition count associated with each respective modem operation mode;
- and controlling, by the processing device, the modem to start operating in the selected modem operation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.