Terminal
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsDavid E. Penna, Richard J. Houldsworth, Kevin R. Boyle, Bernard Hunt
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Abstract
A terminal configured to receive data from a broadcast station that may simultaneously participate in a wireless network via transmissions to a wireless base station. The terminal determines time periods when data of interest to the terminal will be broadcast and schedules transmissions to the base station to avoid these time periods, thereby avoiding the transmissions preventing reception of the data of interest. The time periods may be determined amongst other means from scheduling information transmitted by the broadcast station.
Claims12
A terminal comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive broadcast data from a broadcast station based on a schedule that is independent of the terminal,
- a transceiver configured to simultaneously participate in a wireless network,
- a processor configured to:
- determine time periods when data of interest to the terminal will be broadcast, and
- control the transceiver to schedule transmissions to the wireless network to avoid transmission to the wireless network during time periods that would interfere with broadcast reception of the data of interest of the scheduled broadcast data.
A communication system comprising;
- a broadcast station;
- and
- a terminal, wherein the terminal comprises:
- a receiver configured to receive broadcast data from the broadcast station based on a schedule that is independent of the terminal,
- a transceiver configured to participate in a wireless network,
- a processor configured to:
- determine time periods when data of interest to the terminal will be broadcast, and
- control the transceiver to schedule transmissions to the wireless network to avoid transmission to the wireless network during time periods that would interfere with broadcast reception of the data of interest of the scheduled broadcast data.
A broadcast station for transmitting broadcast data to a plurality of terminals based on a schedule that is independent of the terminals, the broadcast station comprising a transmitter configured to broadcast scheduling information relating to the timing of at least a portion of the broadcast data, thereby enabling the terminal to schedule transmissions to a wireless network to avoid transmission to the wireless network during time periods that would interfere with reception by the terminal of data of interest of the scheduled broadcast data.
A method of operating a terminal comprising a receiver for receiving broadcast data from a broadcast station and a transceiver for participating in a wireless network, wherein the method comprises acts of
- determining time periods when data of interest to the terminal will be broadcast based on a schedule that is independent of the terminal, and
- controlling the transceiver to schedule transmissions to the wireless network to avoid transmission to the wireless network during time periods that would interfere with broadcast reception of the data of interest of the scheduled broadcast data.
A processor for operating a terminal comprising a receiver for receiving broadcast data from a broadcast station and a transceiver for participating in a wireless network, the processor comprising a portion configured to
- determine time periods when data of interest to the terminal will be broadcast based on a schedule that is independent of the terminal, and
- control the transceiver to schedule transmissions to the wireless network to avoid transmission to the wireless network during time periods that would interfere with broadcast reception of the data of interest of the scheduled broadcast data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.