Wireless communication method, terminal, audio component, device, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11425769-B2
Application number	US-201916320952-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2019
Priority date	Dec 29, 2018
Publication date	Aug 23, 2022
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022

Abstract

A wireless communication method, a terminal, an audio component, an apparatus and a storage medium are disclosed. The method comprises: establishing a first communication link, communicating with a first audio component of an electronic device according to the first communication link; establishing a second communication link, communicating with a second audio component of the electronic device according to the second communication link; sending a first audio data packet to the first audio component and receiving first acknowledgement information fed back by the first audio component; receiving second acknowledgement information fed back after monitoring the terminal sending the first audio data packet by the second audio component; and performing data coordination processing according to the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgement information. Working loads on the primary earpiece of a Bluetooth headset or on a terminal is reduced by the embodiments of the present disclosure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication method applicable to a terminal, wherein the method comprises:
establishing a first communication link, communicating with a first audio component of an electronic device based on the first communication link;
establishing a second communication link, communicating with a second audio component of the electronic device based on the second communication link;
sending, via the terminal, a first audio data packet to the first audio component and receiving first acknowledgement information of the first audio data packet fed back by the first audio component to the terminal;
receiving, via the terminal, second acknowledgement information of the first audio data packet fed back by the second audio component to the terminal after monitoring, via the second audio component, the first communication link to obtain the first audio data packet by the second audio component;
performing data coordination processing based on the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgement information, and
sending, to the second audio component through the second communication link:
a standby instruction instructing the second audio component to stop monitoring the first audio data packet.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said performing data coordination processing based on the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgement information includes:
performing data resending in response to either of the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgement information being NACK; and
sending a second audio data packet to the first audio component,
wherein content of the second audio data packet is the consistent with the first audio data packet.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said performing data coordination processing based on the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgement information includes:
performing data resending in response to not receiving either or both of the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgement information; and
sending a second audio data packet to the first audio component,
wherein content of the second audio data packet is the consistent with the first audio data packet.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said performing data coordination processing based on the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgement information includes:
continuing with data sending in response to the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgement information both being ACK; and
sending to the first audio component a third audio data packet which is sent in succession to the first audio data packet.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after said establishing a second communication link, communicating with a second audio component of the electronic device based on the second communication link, the method further comprises:
sending link information of the first communication link to the second audio component so that the second audio component monitors the first communication link based on the link information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the second acknowledgement information is information sent at least once to occupy a first idle slot, wherein the first idle time slot is an idle time slot in a sending time slot for the first audio data packet, and/or
the second acknowledgement information is information sent at least once to occupy a second idle time slot, wherein the second idle time slot is an idle time slot in a receiving time slot for the first acknowledgement information.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
based on a battery level difference between the second audio component and the first audio component greater than a preset battery level difference value, sending to the first audio component and the second audio component a primary/secondary switching instruction instructing the first audio component to monitor the second communication link and instructing the second audio component to receive the first audio data packet.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprises comprising:
based on a battery level of the first audio component and/or the second audio component lower than a preset battery level threshold value, sending the standby instruction to the first audio component and/or the second audio component so that the first audio component and/or the second audio component enters a standby mode in response to no audio data being sent at present.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication link and the second communication link are of different link approaches, and power consumption of the second communication link is less than power consumption of the first communication link.

10. A wireless communication method, which is applicable to a second audio component of an electronic device, comprising:
establishing a second communication link, communicating with a terminal based on the second communication link;
monitoring, via the second audio component, a first communication link to obtain a first audio data packet by the second audio component sent by the terminal to a first audio component of the electronic device;
sending, via the second audio component, second acknowledgement information to the terminal based on the first audio data packet obtained by the second audio component, causing the terminal to perform data coordination processing based on first acknowledgement information sent by the first audio component to the terminal, and the second acknowledgement information, wherein the first acknowledgement information is based on the first audio data packet sent by the terminal to the first audio component; and
receiving, from the terminal through the second communication link:
a standby instruction instructing the second audio component to stop monitoring the first audio data packet.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said establishing a second communication link, communicating with a terminal based on the second communication link is followed by:
receiving link information of a first communication link sent by the terminal and monitoring the first communication link based on the link information.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said sending second acknowledgement information to the terminal based on the first audio data packet includes:
sending at least once the second acknowledgement information in a first idle time slot, wherein the first idle time slot is an idle time slot in a receiving time slot for receiving the first audio data packet; and/or
sending at least once the second acknowledgement information in a second idle time slot, wherein the second idle time slot is an idle time slot in a receiving time slot for receiving the first acknowledgement information by the terminal.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first communication link and the second communication link are of different link approaches, and power consumption of the second communication link is less than power consumption of the first communication link.

14. A terminal comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor,
wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
establish a first communication link and communicate with a first audio component of an electronic device based on the first communication link;
establish a second communication link and communicate with a second audio component of the electronic device based on the second communication link;
send, via

Assignees

• Spreadtrum Comm Shanghai Co

Inventors

• Yu Zhongxing
• Chen Guochu

Classifications

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W28/04

  Error control · CPC title

• G06F3/165

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title