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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- This invention relates in general to wireless communication systems, and more specifically to a method and apparatus in a wireless transceiver for seeking and transferring information available from a network server
- Wireless communication systems for serving the connectivity needs of portable transceivers are rapidly evolving into linked, multi-speed wireless networks
- a wireless wide-area network may provide lelatively low speed connectivity throughout a metropolitan area
- numerous wireless short range networks also may exist throughout the area for providing short lange high speed connectivity
- Portable transceivers that are capable of peer-to-peer communications e.g , Bluetooth devices, also can create ad hoc SRNs with one another that can operate independently of fixed portions of the wireless communication system
- a portable transceiver can develop a need for information that is available from a network server
- the information can be of many different types, and a good example is server-assisted Global Positioning System (GPS) information, which can greatly enhance the sensitivity and accuracy of a GPS receiver that may be used by the portable transceiver for location determination
- GPS Global Positioning System
- the network server has been centrally located, e g , at the site of a central controller of the wireless communication system, and has been accessed through the wireless WAN Accessing the network server for assisted location information can generate substantial traffic in the wireless WAN when a large number of the portable transceivers are GPS-equipped This traffic is undesirable, as it can increase system latency and potentially can overload the wireless WAN
- the method and apparatus will opeiate to substantially leduce the wireless WAN tiaffic required to seek and transfer the information Summary of the Invention
- An aspect of the present invention is a method in a first transceiver of a plurality of wireless transceivers for seeking and transferring desired information that is available from a network server
- the method comp ⁇ ses the steps of detecting a need for the desired information, and in response to the detecting step and before contacting the network server, attempting to obtain the desired information from another transceiver of the plurality of wireless transceivers near the first transceiver, thereby potentially eliminating a necessity for the first transceiver to contact the network server to obtain the desired information
- Another aspect of the present invention is a first transceiver of a plurality of wireless transceivers for seeking and transferring desired information that is available from a network server
- the first transceiver comp ⁇ ses a receiver for receiving the desired information, and a transmitter for transmitting the desired information
- the first transceiver further comprises a processing system coupled to the receiver and coupled to the transmitter for processing the desired information
- the processing system is programmed to detect a need for the desired information, and
- FIG 1 is an elect ⁇ cal block diagram of an exemplary wireless communication system in accordance with the present invention
- FIG 2 is an elect ⁇ cal block diagram of an exemplary peer-to-peer mode of operation of the transceiveis in accordance with the present invention
- FIG ' 3 is an electrical block diagram of an exemplary transceiver in accordance with the present invention
- FIGs. 4 and 5 are flow diagrams depicting first and second operations of the transceiver in accordance with the present invention
- FIG 6 is a coverage diagram of the exemplary wireless communication system in accordance with the present invention Detailed Description of the Drawings
- an electrical block diagram depicts an exemplary wireless communication system in accordance with the present invention, comprising a fixed portion 102 including a controller 112 and a plurality of conventional base stations 116, the communication system also including a plurality of transceivers 122.
- the base stations 116 preferably communicate with the transceivers 122 utilizing conventional radio frequency (RF) techniques, and are coupled by conventional communication links 114 to the controller 112, which controls the base stations 116.
- RF radio frequency
- the hardware of the controller 112 is preferably a combination of a Choreographer! TM network management device, a Wireless Messaging Gateway (WMGTM) Administrator!TM terminal, an RF-Usher!TM multiplexer, and an RF-Conductor!TM message distributor manufactured by Motorola, Inc., and utilizes software modified in accordance with the present invention.
- the hardware of the base stations 116 is preferably a combination of the RF-Orchestra!TM transmitter and the RF-Audience!TM receiver manufactured by Motorola, Inc.
- the transceivers 122 are preferably similar to Page WriterTM 2000 data transceivers, also manufactured by Motorola, Inc., and also utilize software modified in accordance with the present invention. It will be appreciated that other similar hardware can be used as well for the controller 112, the base stations 116, and the transceivers 122.
- Each of the base stations 116 transmits RF signals to the transceivers 122 via an antenna 118.
- the base stations 116 preferably each receive RF signals from the plurality of transceivers 122 via the antenna 118.
- the RF signals transmitted by the base stations 116 to the transceivers 122 (outbound messages) comprise selective call addresses identifying the transceivers 122, and data messages originated by a message originator, as well as commands originated by the controller 112 for adjusting operating parameters of the radio communication system.
- the RF signals preferably transmitted by the transceivers 122 to the base stations 116 comprise responses that include scheduled messages, such as positive acknowledgments (ACKs) and negative acknowledgments (NAKs), and unscheduled messages, such as registration requests and requests for items of information.
- scheduled messages such as positive acknowledgments (ACKs) and negative acknowledgments (NAKs)
- unscheduled messages such as registration requests and requests for items of information.
- ACKs positive acknowledgments
- NAKs negative acknowledgments
- unscheduled messages such as registration requests and requests for items of information.
- another wireless communication technology e.g., infrared technology, can be used to communicate between the base stations 116 and the transceivers 122.
- the controller 112 preferably is coupled by telephone links 101 to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 110 for receiving selective call message originations therefrom.
- PSTN public switched telephone network
- Selective call originations comprising data messages from the PSTN 110 can be generated, for example, from a conventional telephone 111 or a conventional computer 117 coupled to the PSTN 110
- LAN local area network
- WAN wide area network
- Internet Internet
- the over-the-air protocol utilized for outbound and inbound messages is preferably selected from Motorola's well-known FLEXTM family of digital selective call signaling protocols These protocols utilize well-known error detection and error correction techniques and are therefore tolerant to bit errors occurring du ⁇ ng transmission, provided that the bit errors are not too numerous It will be appreciated that other suitable protocols can be used as well For example, for peer-to-peer and short range, e g , ten meter range, communications, it is preferred that Bluetooth technology and protocol be utilized It will be further appreciated that the present invention is applicable to many different types of wireless communication systems, including cellular telephone systems, trunked dispatch systems, and voice and data messaging systems, to name a few
- FIG 2 is an elect ⁇ cal block diagram of an exemplary peer-to-peer mode of operation of the transceivers 122 in accordance with the present invention
- the transceivers 122 form an ad hoc short range network among themselves
- One way of implementing this mode is for one of the transceivers 122 (the "master" transceiver) to assume the role normally played by the base stations 116, in the sense that it transmits on the receive channel of the other transceivers 122 and receives on the transmit channel of the other transceivers 122
- the non- master transceivers 122 then can communicate with one another through the master transceiver 122
- the ad hoc short range network can be implemented in some other manner, e g , through a single-channel slotted ALOHA technique
- FIG 3 is an elect ⁇ cal block diagram of an exemplary transceiver 122 in accordance with the present invention
- the transceiver 122 comp ⁇ ses an antenna 304 for intercepting an outbound message and for transmitting an inbound message
- the antenna 304 is preferably coupled to a conventional receiver 308 for receiving the outbound message and is coupled to a conventional transmitter 309 for transmitting the inbound message
- the receiver 308 and transmitter 309 are coupled to a processing system 306 for processing the outbound and inbound messages and for controlling the transceiver 122 in accordance with the present invention
- a user interface 314 preferably is also coupled to the processing system 306 for interfacing with a user
- the user interface 314 comp ⁇ ses a conventional keyboard 320 for requesting that an operation be performed and for controlling the transceiver 122, a conventional display 316 for displaying the inbound and outbound messages, and a conventional alert element 318 for alerting the user when an outbound message arrives
- a conventional clock 307 is also coupled to the processing system 306
- the processing system 306 comp ⁇ ses a conventional processor 310 and a conventional memory 312
- the memory 312 comprises software elements and data for programming the processing system 306 m accordance with the present invention
- the memory 312 preferably includes a selective call address 322 to which the transceiver 122 is responsive.
- the memory 312 includes a message processing element 324 for programming the processing system 306 to process messages through well-known techniques.
- the memory 312 further comp ⁇ ses a location information processing program 326 for programming the processing system 306 to cooperate with the controller 112 to process location information through well-known techniques, such as server-assisted GPS techniques.
- the transceiver 122 also includes a location receiver 334, such as a GPS receiver, coupled to the processing system 306
- the memory 312 also includes a SRN/WAN access program 328 for programming the processing system to access wireless short range networks (SRNs) and wireless wide area networks (WANs) in accordance with the present invention
- the memory 312 also includes an ad hoc SRN formation program 330 for programming the processing system 306 to initiate the formation of an ad hoc SRN with other transceivers 122 near (i.e., within transmission range of) the transceiver 122 in accordance with the present invention
- the memory 312 further comp ⁇ ses at least one group identifier 332 for identifying a group to which the transceiver 122 belongs.
- the memory 312 also includes space for sto ⁇ ng provisioning requirements 336 for controlling which and how much information can be shared dependent upon a c ⁇ tenon selected from a group of criteria consisting of a group identitiei , a time of day, and a locale
- the memory includes space tor sto ⁇ ng a list of SRN services, e g , location information, available fiom an SRN with which the transceiver 122 is in contact Operation of the transceiver 122 in accordance with the present invention will be desc ⁇ bed in detail further below.
- FIG 4 is a flow diagram depicting a first operation of the transceiver 122 in accordance with the present invention
- the flow begins when a first transceiver 122 detects 402 a need for information of a particular type, e g , location information
- the processing system 306 checks 404 whether the first transceiver 122 is in contact with a short range network If so, the processing system 306 checks 406 the list of SRN services 338 to determine whether a second transceiver 122 in the short range network is indicated to have the desired information If so, the first transceiver 122 communicates 414 with the second transceiver to obtain the desired information If, on the other hand, at step 406 no second transceiver is indicated to have the desired information, the first transceiver 122 sends 408 a service discovery message to the short range network to update the list of SRN services 338 The processing system 306 then checks 410 whether the update indicates that a second transcei moves to step 414 to get the desired information, and the
- the processing system 306 checks 416 whether the attempt was successful If so, the first transceiver 122 sends 418 a query to the ad hoc short range network for the desired information If not, the first transceiver 122 uses 422 the wireless wide area network to access the network server 108 to obtain the desired information Flow then moves to step 426, where the first transceiver 122 checks whether it is a group ret ⁇ ever If so, the first transceiver 122 transfers 428 the desired information to a predetermined group for which the first transceivei 122 is the group retriever If not, the process ends After step 418, the first transceiver 122 checks 420 whether the query was successful If so, the second transceiver 122 sends 424 the desired information to the first transceiver 122, and the flow moves to step 426 If not, the flow moves to step 422
- transceivers 122 can be positioned at fixed locations
- An example is a transceiver 122 serving as a wireless interface for a p ⁇ nter.
- a transceiver 122 preferably is pre-programmed with location information desc ⁇ bmg the location at which the transceiver is placed.
- a transceiver in response to having information that is likely to be of interest to other transceivers 122, can advertise the availability of the information, e.g., through pe ⁇ odic transmissions of advertisement messages
- FIG. 5 is a flow diagram depicting a second operation of the transceiver 122 in accordance with the present invention.
- the flow begins when the transceiver 122 receives 502 a query from another transceiver 122 for some desired information.
- the transceiver 122 compares 504 its provisioning requirements 336 with a predetermined criterion, such as the group identifier 332 of the requesting transceiver 122, a time of day, or the particular locale in which the short range network is positioned, to determine which and how much information can be shared with the requesting transceiver 122. Then the transceiver 122 shares 506 the information in accordance with the provisioning requirements 336 and the predetermined c ⁇ te ⁇ on
- FIG. 6 is a coverage diagram 600 of the exemplary wireless communication system in accordance with the present invention.
- the diagram 600 depicts the wide area network (WAN) wireless coverage area 602, and several short range network (SRN) wireless coverage areas 604 within the WAN wireless coverage area 602.
- WAN wide area network
- SRN short range network
- the present invention advantageously provides a method and apparatus in a wireless transceiver for seeking and transferring information that is available from a network server.
- the method and apparatus operates to substantially reduce the wireless WAN traffic required to seek and transfer the information.
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