Electronic devices with distributed radios

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9565599-B1
Application number	US-201514919365-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 21, 2015
Priority date	Sep 22, 2015
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A modular electronic device including a master core and a plurality of communication radio modules is provided. The modular electronic device maximizes communication performance by receiving a request for network operations from a mobile operating system of the modular electronic device; polling a table to determine a capacity of each communication radio module; and assigning the network operations to a module of the communication radio modules with a highest available capacity to maximize the communication performance of the modular electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for maximizing communication performance of a modular electronic device including a master core and a plurality of communication radio modules, comprising:
receiving, by the master core, a request for network operations from a mobile operating system of the modular electronic device;
polling, by the master core, a table to determine a capacity of each of the plurality of communication radio modules; and
assigning, by the master core, the network operations to a module of the communication radio modules with a highest available capacity to maximize the communication performance of the modular electronic device,
wherein each of the plurality of communication radio modules is a software programmable transceiver that includes a processor and a memory configured to utilize any communication technology based on instructions stored in the memory, and
wherein the modular electronic device is a puzzle-style smartphone comprising a plane of interlocking quadrants, each of the interlocking quadrants configured to receive one or more of the plurality of communication radio modules.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning of the network operation further comprises:
dynamically distributing the network operations across all of the plurality of communication radio modules based on the table.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the master core is configured to re-assign the network operations to an available communication radio if the module with the highest available capacity goes offline.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the master core is configured to track a table of network operations that have been assigned to the plurality of communication radio modules.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a physical location of at least one of the plurality of communication radio modules is different from a physical location of the master core.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the puzzle-style smartphone comprising a backplane for receiving the plane of interlocking quadrants.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Gilchrist James P
• Gildein Michael E
• Krishnamurthy Rajaram B
• Rogers Daniel
• Vaughan Moses J

Classifications

• H04W24/02

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W36/0027 Primary

  for a plurality of data sessions of end-to-end connections, e.g. multi-call or multi-bearer end-to-end data connections · CPC title

• H04W36/36

  by user or terminal equipment · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04B1/38 Primary

  Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving · CPC title