Techniques for dynamic resource allocation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9253758-B2
Application number	US-201213680884-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2012
Priority date	Dec 21, 2009
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed that dynamically allocate communications resources in a wireless communications network, such as a wireless personal area network (WPAN). For instance, a wireless communications device may obtain a resource allocation. This resource allocation includes a time slot (e.g., a TDMA time slot) within a wireless communications medium. The device determines a first portion of the time slot in which it intends to transmit data. Also, the wireless communications device relinquishes a second portion of the time slot that occurs after the first portion of the time slot. Based on this relinquishment, a central controller device may reallocate the second portion of the time slot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a transceiver to receive a transmission indicating a resource allocation, wherein the resource allocation comprises a time duration within a wireless communications medium; and
a control module to determine, based at least in part on the resource allocation and a usage portion of the time duration for data transmission or data reception, a relinquishment of a portion of the time duration;
wherein the transceiver is to send, to a remote device:
a transmission indicating the relinquishment, wherein the transceiver is to send the transmission indicating the relinquishment at a start of the time duration and prior to the relinquished portion;
a data transmission in the time duration prior to the relinquished portion of the time duration, the data transmission comprising millimeter wave signals.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is a central controller device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is to refrain from transmitting data during the relinquished portion.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising one or more antennas to provide directional beamforming.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a host module to perform operations of a user application.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the user application is a variable bit rate (VBR) application.

7. A method, comprising:
obtaining a resource allocation for a wireless communications device, the resource allocation comprising a time duration within a wireless communications medium;
relinquishing a portion of the time duration based at least in part on the resource allocation and a usage portion of the time duration for data transmission or data reception,
wherein relinquishing the portion of the time duration comprises sending a transmission indicating the relinquishment to a remote device, wherein the transmission indicating the relinquishment is sent at a start of the time duration and prior to the relinquished portion;
transmitting data in the time duration prior to the relinquished portion of the time duration, the data transmission comprising millimeter wave signals.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the relinquished portion of the time duration is a final portion of the time duration.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising refraining from transmitting data during the relinquished portion.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein transmitting data in the time duration prior to the relinquished portion of the time duration comprises performing directional beamforming of the millimeter wave signals.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising performing operations of a user application.

12. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-accessible medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more machines, cause the one or more machines to:
obtain a resource allocation for a wireless communications device, the resource allocation comprising a time duration within a wireless communications medium;
relinquish a portion of the time duration based at least in part on the resource allocation and a usage portion of the time duration for data transmission or data reception,
wherein relinquishing the portion of the time duration comprises sending a message indicating the relinquishment to a remote device, wherein the message is sent at a start of the time duration and prior to the relinquished portion;
transmit data in the time duration prior to the relinquished portion of the time duration, the data transmission comprising millimeter wave signals.

13. The article of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more machines, cause the one or more machines to perform operations of a user application.

14. The article of claim 13 , wherein the user application is a variable bit rate (VBR) application.

15. The article of claim 12 , wherein the relinquished portion of the time duration is a final portion of the time duration.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the user application is a variable bit rate (VBR) application.

17. The article of claim 12 , wherein the non-transitory machine-accessible medium having stored thereon further instructions that, when executed by the one or more machines, cause the one or more machines to refrain from transmitting data during the relinquished portion.

18. The article of claim 12 , wherein the non-transitory machine-accessible medium having stored thereon further instructions that, when executed by the one or more machines, cause the one or more machines to perform directional beamforming of the millimeter wave signals.

Assignees

• Trainin Solomon
• Liondas Herbert
• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Trainin Solomon
• Liondas Herbert

Classifications

• H04W72/52 Primary

  based on load · CPC title

• H04B7/0617

  for beam forming · CPC title

• H04W72/04 Primary

  Wireless resource allocation · CPC title

• H04W28/14

  using intermediate storage · CPC title

• H04W88/12

  Access point controller devices · CPC title