Radio Interface Control via Event List Specification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional radio communications devices lack flexibility in controlling radio interfaces, making it difficult to replace radio modules without also replacing processing units and hindering the development of new circuit designs due to the hard-coded or non-volatile memory-based control mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A radio communications technique that uses a control unit to manage the radio interface based on an event list, which specifies a sequence of control tasks, allowing for configuration and reordering of these tasks using event list specification data, enabling flexible operation and compatibility with various radio modules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hard-coded or non-volatile memory-based control mechanisms are used for radio interface control, then reliability of operation is maintained, but adaptability to different radio modules is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by transitioning from static hard-coded control mechanisms to dynamic software-based control. The radio interface control is implemented through software modules that can be loaded, modified, and reconfigured without changing hardware. This allows the same processing unit to adapt to different radio modules by loading appropriate software control mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between maintaining reliable operation and achieving adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental parameter of control implementation from fixed hardware-coded control to configurable software control. By parameterizing the control mechanism as software that can be modified based on radio module characteristics, the system maintains operational reliability through proper control while achieving versatility across different radio module types.
2Reliability
If hard-coded control mechanisms are used for radio interface, then proper operation is ensured, but device complexity increases when radio modules need to be replaced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control functionality into separate software modules that can be independently selected and loaded. Instead of having the control mechanism hard-coded in the processing unit, the control functions are segmented as interchangeable software components. This allows proper operation to be maintained through appropriate software selection while reducing the complexity of adapting to different radio modules, as only the software portion needs to be changed rather than modifying the processing unit hardware.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If software-based control with non-volatile memory is used, then operation persistence is maintained, but flexibility for reconfiguration is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the control mechanism dynamically reconfigurable through software loading. The system can maintain operation persistence by loading software control mechanisms as needed, while simultaneously providing flexibility for reconfiguration. The software-based approach allows the control parameters and sequences to be dynamically adjusted without erasing or rewriting non-volatile memory, thus maintaining both persistence and flexibility.
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AI summary
A radio communications technique is provided where the operation of a radio interface is controlled based on an event list. The event list specifies a sequence of events which each specify a control task to be performed when controlling operation of the radio interface. The event list may be configured based on event list specification data received.