Method of handling transmission in data transmission system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9632971-B2
Application number	US-201414190096-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2014
Priority date	Feb 27, 2013
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

A method of handling transmission for a host in a data transmission system includes establishing a connection with a device of the data transmission system via a first frequency; receiving a negotiating information from the device; and re-establishing the connection with the device via a second frequency when the negotiating information reveals that the second frequency is available for the host to communicate with the device; wherein the second frequency is different than the first frequency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of handling transmission for a host in a data transmission system, the method comprising:
establishing a connection with a device of the data transmission system via a first frequency;
receiving a negotiating information from the device; and
re-establishing the connection with the device via a second frequency when the negotiating information reveals that the second frequency is available for the host to communicate with the device;
wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency;
wherein a data transmission frequency between the device and the host is changed from the first frequency to the second frequency when interference signals are detected, the second frequency is a user-defined frequency different than the first frequency defined by an USB standard, and the interference signals are generated by a data transmission with the first frequency.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving the negotiating information from the device comprises:
detecting interference signals around the first frequency; and
notifying the device to transmit the negotiating information when a degree of the interference signals is greater than a threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data transmission system is a universal serial bus (USB) system.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the step of receiving the negotiating information from the device is performed during a training process of the USB system.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving the negotiating information from the device is performed after data is transmitted in the data transmission system.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving another negotiating information related to a third frequency from the device when the second frequency is not available for the host to communicate with the device.

7. A method of handling transmission for a device in a data transmission system, the method comprising:
establishing a connection with a host of the data transmission system via a first frequency;
transmitting a negotiating information to the host; and
allowing the host to re-establish the connection via a second frequency when the host is required to re-establish the connection via the second frequency according to the negotiating information;
wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency;
wherein a data transmission frequency between the device and the host is changed from the first frequency to the second frequency when interference signals are detected, the second frequency is a user-defined frequency different than the first frequency defined by an USB standard, and the interference signals are generated by a data transmission with the first frequency.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of transmitting the negotiating information to the host comprises:
receiving a notification from the host when a degree of interference signals detected by the host is greater than a threshold.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the data transmission system is a universal serial bus (USB) system.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the step of transmitting the negotiating information to the host is performed during a training process of the USB system.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of transmitting the negotiating information to the host is performed after data is transmitted in the data transmission system.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving a notification indicating that the second frequency is not available for the host to communicate with the device;
transmitting another negotiating information related to a third frequency to the host.

Assignees

• Ralink Tech Corp
• Mediatek Inc

Inventors

• Goh Cheok Yan
• Chen Yu-Hsun
• Wu Mao-Lin
• Chou Chih-Chieh
• Yu Ching-Hwa

Classifications

• Y02B60/50

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F13/4286 Primary

  using a handshaking protocol, e.g. RS232C link · CPC title

• Y02D10/00

  Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management · CPC title