Techniques to provide wireless storage and processing capabilities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10582017-B2
Application number	US-201515778314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2015
Priority date	Dec 24, 2015
Publication date	Mar 3, 2020
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments may be generally directed to techniques to utilize a protocol adaption layer (PAL) extension based on the bus protocol to enable a wireless transfer of data between a persistent storage device and a remote device and communicate, via a transceiver, the data as radio-frequency (RF) signals between the persistent storage device and the remote device utilizing the PAL extension.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable wireless storage apparatus, comprising:
a bus interface to operate in accordance with a bus protocol;
a persistent storage device coupled with the bus interface via a bus, the persistent storage device comprising solid-state memory circuitry;
a processing unit coupled with the bus interface and the persistent storage, the processing unit to utilize a protocol adaption layer (PAL) extension based on the bus protocol to enable a wireless transfer of data between the persistent storage device and a remote device; and
a transceiver coupled with the bus interface, persistent storage, and the processing unit, the transceiver to communicate the data as radio-frequency (RF) signals between the persistent storage device and the remote device utilizing the PAL extension, wherein the data is communicated at speeds of approximately 7 Gigabits/second using a multi-carrier mode and 4.6 Gigabits/second using a single carrier mode and the data is communicated via the 60 GHz frequency band.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the bus interface comprising a universal serial bus (USB) interface and enabled to operate in accordance with the bus protocol comprising a USB protocol, and
the processing unit to utilize the PAL extension comprising a wireless serial extension (WSE) to enable the wireless transfer of the data.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , the bus interface comprising a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface and enabled to operate in accordance with the bus protocol comprising a PCIe protocol, and
the processing unit to utilize the PAL extension comprising a wireless bus extension (WBE) to enable the wireless transfer of the data.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising:
a bridge to convert a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus coupled with the persistent storage device to a universal serial bus (USB) coupled with the interface comprising a USB interface and the processing unit to utilize a wireless bus extension (WBE) to enable the wireless transfer of the data.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising:
a system on chip (SoC) comprising the processing unit, the transceiver, the bus interface, a battery, and a volatile memory, the SoC coupled with the persistent storage device via the bus interface and the bus comprising at least one of a universal serial bus (USB) and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , the processing unit to communicate, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a virtual reality helmet.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , the processing unit to communicate, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising an infotainment system.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , the processing unit to communicate, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a kiosk system.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , the processing unit to communicate, via the transceiver, the data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a compute stick.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , the processing unit to communicate, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a medical imaging device.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , the processing unit to communicate, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a display device.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising:
a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled with the processing unit and the transceiver via the interface, and
the processing unit to communicate, via the transceiver, compute instructions between the GPU and the remote device, the GPU to process the compute instructions and return results of processing of the compute instructions to the remote device.

13. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
utilizing, by a processing unit of a wireless portable persistent storage device a protocol adaption layer (PAL) extension based on a bus protocol to enable a wireless transfer of data between the wireless portable persistent storage device and a remote device, the wireless portable persistent storage device comprising solid-state memory circuitry coupled to the processing unit via a bus operating in accordance with the bus protocol; and
communicating, via a transceiver of the wireless portable persistent storage device, the data as radio-frequency (RF) signals between the persistent storage device and the remote device utilizing the PAL extension, wherein the data is communicated at speeds of approximately 7 Gigabits/second using a multi-carrier mode and 4.6 Gigabits/second using a single carrier mode and the data is communicated via the 60 GHz frequency band.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , comprising:
communicating, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a virtual reality helmet.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , comprising:
communicating, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising an infotainment system.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , comprising:
communicating, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a kiosk system.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , comprising:
communicating, via the transceiver, the data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a compute stick.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , comprising:
communicating, via the transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a medical imaging device.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , comprising:
communicating, via a transceiver, the data comprising media data between the persistent storage device and the remote device comprising a display device.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , comprising:
communicating, via the transceiver, compute instructions between a graphics processing unit (GPU) and the remote device, the GPU to process the compute instructions and return results of processing of the compute instructions to the remote device.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry of a wireless portable persistent storage device, enable the processing circuitry to:
utilize a protocol adaption layer (PAL) extension based on a bus protocol to enable a wireless transfer of data between the wireless portable persistent storage device and a remote device, the wireless portable persistent storage device comprising solid-state memory circuitry coupled to the processing unit via a bus operating in accordance with the bus protocol; and
communicate, via a transceiver of the wireless portable persistent storage device, the data as radio-frequency (RF) signals between the persistent storage device and the remote device utilizing the PAL extension, wherein the data is communicated at speeds of approximately 7 Gigabits/second using a multi-carrier mode and 4.6 Gi

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Zhu Jiangfang Olena
• Yepes Ana
• Lahiri Sayan
• Qui Bo
• Daniel Kevin
• Zhang Guodong

Classifications

• H04L69/18

  Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• G06F13/385

  for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices · CPC title

• H04W72/1278

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L69/08 Primary

  Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion · CPC title