Bluetooth-based data transmission method and data receiving method, communicating apparatus and computer storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11917543-B2
Application number	US-202117488999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

A Bluetooth-based data transmission method is provided. The method is applied on a first device and includes the following steps: establishing a communication connection with a second device; determining a sniff interval which comprises a sniff wake-up window; entering a sniff mode; and transmitting a first data packet to the second device in the sniff interval. The transmission duration of the first data packet is longer than or equal to two time slots. The step of transmitting the first data packet to the second device in the sniff interval includes the steps of starting to transmit the first data packet to the second device in an even time slot of the sniff interval or in an odd time slot of the sniff interval. With the data transmission method of the present application, synchronization between transmission of the first device and reception of the second device can be realized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A Bluetooth-based data transmission method applied to a first device, comprising:
establishing a communication connection with a second device;
entering a sniff mode;
transmitting a data packet to the second device in a sniff interval, wherein a transmission duration of the data packet is longer than or equal to two time slots, and the sniff interval comprises a sniff wake-up window, and the anchor point of the sniff interval is the beginning of the sniff wake-up window;
receiving a response message from the second device; and
re-transmitting the data packet in the sniff wake-up window when the response message indicates that the data packet has not been received successfully;
wherein transmitting the data packet to the second device in the sniff interval comprises:
starting to transmit the data packet to the second device in an even time slot of the sniff interval; or
starting to transmit the data packet to the second device in an odd time slot of the sniff interval.

2. The Bluetooth-based data transmission method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising: determining a sniff interval and transmitting indication information of the sniff interval to the second device, wherein determining the sniff interval comprises:
determining the sniff interval according to information of a data packet to be transmitted to the second device,
wherein the information of the data packet to be transmitted comprises a generation time interval of the data packet to be transmitted, and
wherein the sniff interval is a multiple of the generation time interval of the data packet to be transmitted.

3. The Bluetooth-based data transmission method as claimed in claim 1 ,
the Bluetooth-based data transmission method further comprises:
determining a maximum length of the sniff wake-up window according to the predetermined number of data packets to be transmitted in the sniff interval, the transmission duration of each data packet to be transmitted, and the number of re-transmissions of each data packet to be transmitted,
wherein the maximum length of the sniff wake-up window is longer than the sum of transmission durations of the respective data packets to be transmitted and re-transmission durations of the respective data packets to be transmitted in the sniff interval, and
wherein the re-transmission duration of the data packet to be transmitted is equal to the product of the number of re-transmissions of the data packet to be transmitted and the transmission duration of the data packet to be transmitted.

4. The Bluetooth-based data transmission method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
when the data packet is transmitted to the second device in an even time slot of the sniff interval, receiving the response message from the second device in the next odd time slot which is present after the transmission of the data packet is finished; and when the response message indicates that the data packet has not been received successfully, re-transmitting the data packet in the next even time slot; or
when the data packet is transmitted to the second device in an odd time slot of the sniff interval, receiving the response message from the second device in the next even time slot which is present after the transmission of the data packet is finished; and when the response message indicates that the data packet has not been received successfully, re-transmitting the data packet in the next odd time slot.

5. The Bluetooth-based data transmission method as claimed in claim 1 ,
the Bluetooth-based data transmission method further comprises:
when no response message indicating that the data packet has been received successfully by the second device in the sniff wake-up window, re-transmitting the data packet to the second device in the next sniff interval.

6. The Bluetooth-based data transmission method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
when suspending transmitting data packets to the second device, maintaining in the sniff mode.

7. The Bluetooth-based data transmission method as claimed in claim 1 ,
the Bluetooth-based data transmission method further comprises:
establishing a communication connection with a third device; and
transmitting a data packet of the third device to the third device in the sniff interval after the sniff wake-up window ends.

8. The Bluetooth-based data transmission method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein transmitting the data packet to the second device in the sniff interval comprises:
transmitting the data packet to the second device in the sniff interval based on an advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP) transmission protocol.

9. The Bluetooth-based data transmission method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein starting to transmit the data packet to the second device in the even time slot of the sniff interval comprises:
starting to transmit a first data packet to the second device at an anchor point of the sniff interval.

10. A Bluetooth-based data receiving method applied to a second device, comprising:
establishing a communication connection with a first device;
entering a sniff mode;
receiving a data packet transmitted by the first device in a sniff interval, wherein the transmission duration of the data packet is longer than or equal to two time slots, and the sniff interval comprises a sniff wake-up window, and the anchor point of the sniff interval is the beginning of the sniff wake-up window,
when the second device has not received the data packet successfully, transmitting a response message indicating that the second device has not received the data packet successfully to the first device, and
receiving the data packet which is re-transmitted by the first device in the sniff wake-up window;
wherein, receiving the data packet transmitted by the first device in the sniff interval comprises:
starting to receive the data packet transmitted by the first device in an odd time slot of the sniff interval; or
starting to receive the data packet transmitted by the first device in an even time slot of the sniff interval.

11. The Bluetooth-based data receiving method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:
maintaining in the sniff mode when the second device suspends receiving data packets from the first device.

12. The Bluetooth-based data receiving method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein starting to receive the data packet transmitted by the first device in the even time slot of the sniff interval comprises:
starting to receive a first data packet transmitted by the first device at an anchor point of the sniff interval.

13. The Bluetooth-based data receiving method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein:
when the second device starts to receive the data packet transmitted by the first device in an even time slot of the sniff interval, the response message which is from the second device in response to the data packet is transmitted in the next odd time slot which is present after the reception of the data packet is finished, and the data packet which is re-transmitted by the first device is received in the next even time slot, or
when the second device starts to receive the data packet transmitted by the first device in an odd time slot of the sniff interval, the response message which is in response to the data packet is transmitted in the next even time slot which is present after the reception of the data packet is finished, and the data packet which is re-transmitted by the first device is received in the next odd time slot.

14. A communication device comprising:
a transceiver configured to establish a communication connection with a second device; and
a processo

Assignees

• Mediatek Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Yili
• Zhang Zhiyong
• Zhu Enhong

Classifications

• H04W52/0232 Primary

  according to average transmission signal activity · CPC title

• H04L1/08

  by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H04W4/80

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

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title