LTE cell search and bluetooth eSCO coexistence using shared antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9713018-B2
Application number	US-201414522899-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2014
Priority date	Oct 24, 2014
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A UE may use a same antenna for both Bluetooth communications and WWAN cell search and measurement operations. In order to avoid interference, the UE may adjust the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and measurement operations. Adjustment of the WWAN cell search and measurement periodicity may be based on a link quality of the Bluetooth communications.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
using a receive chain for both Bluetooth (BT) communications and wireless wide area network (WWAN) cell search and/or measurements;
detecting a BT link quality for the BT communications that use the receive chain; and
adjusting a periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements based at least in part on the BT link quality, wherein the WWAN cell search and/or measurements use the receive chain used for the BT communications, wherein the adjusting the periodicity of the WWAN search cell and/or measurements comprises increasing the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements as the BT link quality decreases.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
determining a type of the BT communications, parameters of the BT communications and a BT packet type used for the BT communications; and
adjusting the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements based on at least one of the BT link quality, the type of the BT communications, the parameters of the BT communications, and the BT packet type used for the BT communications.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the receive chain comprises:
using the receive chain for BT communications that include enhanced voice (EV) packet type EV3, 2EV3 or 3EV3.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the receive chain comprises:
using the receive chain for WWAN cell search and/or measurements on a frequency or radio access technology (RAT) that is different from a frequency or RAT used by a second receive chain.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the BT link quality comprises:
determining a packet error rate (PER) for the BT communications.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
increasing the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements as the BT PER increases, the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements having an upper limit based on the WWAN.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
determining that the BT PER is in excess of one of a plurality of threshold PER limits; and
setting the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements based on the threshold PER limit exceeded by the BT PER.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
setting the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements in order to maintain a BT PER within a predetermined PER range.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the determining the PER for the BT communications comprises:
measuring the BT PER over a predetermined period of time.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
using a scaling factor to adjust the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
selecting a lowest possible scaling factor in order to maintain a BT packet error rate within a predetermined range.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
aligning a timing of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements and BT communication so that a minimum number of BT communication intervals are affected by the WWAN cell search and/or measurements.

13. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
means for using a receive chain for both Bluetooth (BT) communications and wireless wide area network (WWAN) cell search and/or measurements;
means for detecting a BT link quality for the BT communications that use the receive chain; and
means for adjusting a periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements based at least in part on the BT link quality, wherein the WWAN cell search and/or measurements use the receive chain used for the BT communications, wherein the means for adjusting the periodicity of the WWAN search cell and/or measurements comprises means for increasing the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements as the BT link quality decreases.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the means for adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
means for determining a type of the BT communications, parameters of the BT communications and a BT packet type used for the BT communications; and
means for adjusting the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements based on at least one of the BT link quality, the type of the BT communications, the parameters of the BT communications, and the BT packet type used for the BT communications.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the means for using the receive chain comprises:
means for using the receive chain for BT communications that include enhanced voice (EV) packet type EV3, 2EV3 or 3EV3.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the means for using the receive chain comprises:
means for using the receive chain for WWAN cell search and/or measurements on a frequency or radio access technology (RAT) that is different from a frequency or RAT used by a second receive chain.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the means for detecting the BT link quality comprises:
means for determining a packet error rate (PER) for the BT communications.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the means for adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
means for increasing the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements as the BT PER increases, the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements having an upper limit based on the WWAN.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the means for adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
means for determining that the BT PER is in excess of one of a plurality of threshold PER limits; and
means for setting the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements based on the threshold PER limit exceeded by the BT PER.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the means for adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
means for setting the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements in order to maintain a BT PER within a predetermined PER range.

21. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the means for determining the PER for the BT communications comprises:
means for measuring the BT PER over a predetermined period of time.

22. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the means for adjusting of the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements further comprises:
means for using a scaling factor to adjust the periodicity of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , further comprising:
means for selecting a lowest possible scaling factor in order to maintain a BT packet error rate within a predetermined range.

24. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:
means for aligning a timing of the WWAN cell search and/or measurements and BT communication so that a minimum number of BT communication intervals are affected by the WWAN cell search and/or measurements.

25. An apparatus for

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Das Soumya
• Barot Nitinkumar

Classifications

• H04W88/06

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

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W48/16 Primary

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title