Bluetooth Intermediary Pre-Action for Link Establishment
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Solution Overview
Problem
In Bluetooth network environments, electronic devices face challenges with power consumption and resource limitations during pre-actions, leading to potential link establishment failures, especially when multiple requests are made simultaneously, which can degrade call quality and ignore requests from other devices.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with wireless communication circuitry and a processor configures to establish links, request and perform pre-actions, and report results, allowing it to take pre-actions on behalf of other devices to manage resource usage and reduce power consumption, thereby ensuring successful link establishment while maintaining call quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an electronic device takes pre-actions for establishing Bluetooth links, then link establishment capability is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The first external electronic device acts as an intermediary to perform pre-actions on behalf of the second external electronic device. Instead of the second device directly consuming power for pre-actions, the first device (which has established a link) performs these actions as a mediator, thereby reducing power consumption of the second device while maintaining link establishment capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs pre-actions in advance through the first external electronic device before the second device needs to establish links. By taking preliminary actions through the intermediary device, the system prepares the ground for future link establishments without requiring the second device to consume power continuously for these pre-actions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an electronic device handles multiple pre-action requests simultaneously, then link establishment versatility is improved, but resource insufficiency causes action failures
Solution Approach 1:
The first external electronic device serves as an intermediary that can handle multiple pre-action requests simultaneously. Since the first device already has an established link and available resources, it can act as a mediator for multiple second devices, thereby improving link establishment versatility without causing resource insufficiency failures.
Solution Approach 2:
The first external electronic device is designed to perform multiple functions: maintaining its own link while simultaneously acting as an intermediary for multiple other devices. This multi-functionality allows the system to handle diverse link establishment requests from multiple devices through a single resourceful intermediary, improving versatility while maintaining reliability.
3Reliability
If a UE takes pre-actions during an active call, then link establishment capability is improved, but call quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The first external electronic device (such as earphones) acts as an intermediary that performs pre-actions independently of the UE. Since the intermediary device has its own processing capabilities and already established link, it can handle pre-actions without requiring the UE to allocate additional resources, thereby avoiding call quality degradation while maintaining link establishment capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the pre-action functionality from the UE by delegating it to the first external electronic device. This segmentation allows the UE to focus on maintaining call quality while the intermediary device handles the computationally intensive pre-actions, separating the harmful effects from the main communication function.
4Reliability
If accessory devices with limited battery perform pre-actions, then link establishment capability is improved, but battery discharge increases
Solution Approach 1:
The first external electronic device with sufficient resources acts as an intermediary to perform pre-actions on behalf of accessory devices with limited battery. This arrangement allows the accessory devices to maintain link establishment capability through the intermediary without directly consuming their limited battery power for pre-actions, thereby reducing battery discharge.
Solution Approach 2:
The first external electronic device serves itself and other devices by performing pre-actions that would otherwise require the second device to consume its own limited resources. The intermediary device uses its own resources to service the link establishment needs of battery-constrained devices, enabling them to conserve their limited energy.
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AI summary
An electronic device for taking a pre-action and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuitry configured to support a Bluetooth protocol and at least one processor operatively connected with the wireless communication circuitry. The at least one processor is configured to establish a first link based on the Bluetooth protocol with a first external electronic device using the wireless communication circuitry, receive a first message for requesting to perform a first pre-action for establishing a second link between the first external electronic device and a second external electronic device from the first external electronic device, using the wireless communication circuitry, perform the first pre-action for establishing the second link with the second external electronic device using the wireless communication circuitry, transmit a second message for reporting a result of the first pre-action to the first external electronic device using the wireless communication circuitry.