Wireless Control Circuit Direct Data Transmission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional mobile communication systems face restricted data throughput performance due to the need for frequent write and read operations on external buffering circuits, which are typically implemented with volatile memories, resulting in significant access time and power consumption.

Innovation Solution

The control circuit of the wireless user equipment minimizes access to external buffering circuits by directly transmitting data between layers without intermediate buffering, reducing the number of access operations and enhancing data throughput performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If data is buffered in external buffering circuits and read/write operations are conducted frequently, then data can be stored and retrieved, but access time increases and data throughput performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess timeVSAvoiddata throughput performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the buffering function into the control circuit by integrating a buffer memory unit within the control circuit structure. This allows data to be buffered internally during protocol processing without requiring frequent access to external buffering circuits, thereby reducing access time and improving data throughput performance while maintaining the necessary data storage and retrieval capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Use of energy by moving object

If external buffering circuits are used for data storage, then data can be retained, but access operations require waiting time and power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoiddata retention capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the buffer memory unit with the control circuit to enable internal data buffering. This integration reduces the frequency of access operations to external buffering circuits, thereby lowering power consumption while maintaining data retention capability through the internal buffer that can hold data during processing operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If multiple write and read operations are conducted on external buffering circuits, then data processing can be performed, but data throughput performance is restricted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata throughput performanceVSAvoidnumber of access operations
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates a buffer memory unit within the control circuit structure, merging the buffering function with the control logic. This allows data to be written once to the internal buffer and read multiple times during protocol processing without requiring repeated access to external buffering circuits, thereby improving data throughput performance while reducing the number of access operations required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS10027440B2Control circuit of wireless user equipment
Publication Date: 2018.07.17 REALTEK SEMICON CORP
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AI summary

A control circuit of a wireless user equipment includes: a PDCP layer computing circuit for reading a PDCP SDU from a PDCP SDU buffer of a memory device of the wireless user equipment, and for generating a ciphered data based on the PDCP SDU; a RLC layer computing circuit for generating a RLC PDU based on the ciphered data; a MAC layer computing circuit for generating a MAC PDU based on the RLC PDU; and a channel encoding circuit for encoding the MAC PDU. The PDCP layer computing circuit directly transmits the ciphered data to the RLC layer computing circuit, the RLC layer computing circuit directly transmits the RLC PDU to the MAC layer computing circuit, and the MAC layer computing circuit directly transmits the MAC PDU to the channel encoding circuit, without buffering above data in any buffering circuit outside the control circuit.