Enhancing Wireless Communications with a Dedicated-Scan Radio

    公开(公告)号:US20220159558A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17440264

    申请日:2019-09-11

    申请人: Google LLC

    摘要: Techniques are described for using a dedicated-scan radio to improve scanning and other radio operations performed during wireless communications. The techniques include configuring a dedicated-scan radio to collect and cache scan results without interfering with ongoing wireless communication tasks performed using primary radios. Based on the scan results cached by the dedicated-scan radio, the computing device improves other radio operations in furtherance of wireless communications. Cached scan results enable a primary radio to avoid, or to focus on, scanning certain channels or frequencies during discovering, positioning, or roaming operations. By using the dedicated-scan results as a starting point or seed for functions performed by a primary radio, the computing device may more quickly and more efficiently perform radio functions, minimizing latency to ongoing wireless communications.

    Energy-Aware Traffic Management for Multi-Access Data Sessions

    公开(公告)号:US20230199560A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US17999175

    申请日:2021-05-14

    申请人: Google LLC

    摘要: This document describes improvements in management of data traffic of user equipment between cellular and non-cellular accesses in fifth generation new radio, 5G NR, wireless networks. An energy-aware traffic manager is introduced to manage data traffic communicated by the user equipment over the cellular access and the non-cellular access, such as a wireless local area network, WLAN. The energy-aware traffic manager enables reporting of energy-related information by user equipment, energy-aware traffic management modes for the user equipment, and access management in response to critical events related to user equipment energy, as well as reporting of changes in the user equipment access management or access management modality to core network entities. By so doing, the energy-aware traffic manager enables data traffic management based on aspects of user equipment energy, which may reduce user equipment energy consumption associated with communicating data over multiple accesses and extend battery life of the user equipment.