Texas Instruments Corporation

Wiliot Ltd.

Dotan Ziv

Chen Loewy

Ram Malovany

Alon Paycher

Lior Gersi

Liran Cohen

Liran Brecher

Matan Ben-Shachar

Yuval Jakira

Yonathan Shavit

Omri Eshel

Alon Cheifetz

Nir Shapira

Yaron Elboim

Eli Sorin

David Levy

David Lipshitz

Yuval Amran

Alon Yehezkely

Stephen Bryant Statler

Ido Geldman

Ido Zelman

Tsvika Rabkin

Yuval Domb

Prasaanth Balakrishnan

Dilnur Yuldashev

Vyshakh Babji

Yaniv Rabin

Tomer Avrahani

Asaf Richtman

Eric Casavant

Matan Epstein

Shay Moshe

Tal Szpruch

A Bluetooth (BT) device includes a host processor and a BT controller coupled by a Host Controller Interface (HCI) including a Host Controller Transport Layer and a HCI Driver. The host processor implements an applications layer and includes HCI firmware for communicating via the Host Controller Transport Layer with the BT controller. The BT controller includes a processor coupled to a memory and to a transceiver, and a RF driver. The HCI firmware also includes HCI command code for a user to define a topology of the BT network including configuring the BT device in a current chain including a plurality of BT devices including configuring from which BT device it receives data from and which BT device it forwards data to. For communicating data across the BT network the BT device forwards the data without host processor involvement in at least resending the data back to its BT controller.

Bluetooth data forwarding

A method for calibrating a value of an environmental condition derived information supplied by a wireless tag comprises: determining a value of an environmental condition impacting the wireless tag based on (i) information supplied by the wireless tag and (ii) a tag calibration model of the computing system; when a difference between the determined value of the environmental condition and a measurement of the environmental condition made by a user device exceeds a prescribed threshold, updating in real time, the tag calibration model, substituting the measurement of the environmental condition made by the user device for the determined value, and supplying in real time, as an output, the substituted measurement of the environmental condition made by the user device as if it was the value of the environmental condition derived from information supplied by the wireless tag.

Wireless tag calibration

An apparatus and method for transmitting audio with coexisting wireless networks. In one embodiment, a wireless device includes a first wireless network controller and a second wireless network controller. The first wireless network controller and the second wireless network controller are configured to access a wireless communication medium via a shared antenna, and to transmit, via the wireless communication medium, data received from a host device. The second wireless network controller includes an audio stream detector configured to determine, based on the contents of the data received from the host device, whether an audio stream is to be transmitted via the second wireless network controller, and to request that the second wireless network controller be given access priority to the antenna over the first wireless network controller, based on a determination that the audio stream is to be transmitted via the second wireless network controller.

Audio stream identification by a wireless network controller

A network device serving two or more networks using periodic times slots for transmission events is configured to determine that one of the periodic time slots on one of the networks has or soon will collide with one of the periodic time slots on the other network by processing time stamps for events on each network. Either of the periodic time slots may be occasionally shifted by a time shift amount to avoid a collision between the periodic time slots on each network. Shifting the periodic time slots may be performed by transmitting a Bluetooth connection parameter update packet.

Avoidance of collisions and connection loss in network device serving multiple networks

A method for testing a wireless tag by a testing unit. The method comprises: transmitting, by a first antenna, a prescribed pattern that is recognizable by a tag to put the tag into a testing mode; transmitting a trigger signal to a tag from a second antenna, the trigger signal being adapted to cause a tag to at least respond with a prescribed signal when the tag is good; waiting up to a prescribed amount of time after transmission of the trigger signal for a response to the trigger signal from a tag that is within range of the second antenna; when a valid response is received from the tag within the prescribed amount of time, designating the tag as having passed the test; and when a valid response is not received from the tag within the prescribed amount of time, designating the tag as having failed the test.

Wireless tag testing

A system and method for detecting material type using low-energy sensing are disclosed. The method includes receiving frequency words from a tag attached to a container containing material, wherein the tag provides a low-energy sensing configured to transmit the frequency words; extracting at least a first data feature from the received frequency words, wherein the first data feature changes in response to a type of material in the container; classifying the extracted data feature to label a type of the material in the container; and sending a notification indicating the type of material in the container.

Detecting material type using low-energy sensing

An energy-aware system is provided. The system includes an energy harvester adapted to supply harvested energy as an output for storage at an energy storage; and a scheduler, the scheduler being made up of, at least in part, hardware of the energy-aware system, the scheduler operable to schedule execution of operations performed by the energy-aware system, wherein the scheduler is configured to: determine if a current voltage level at the energy storage is higher than a start voltage level; and cause initiation of execution of at least a portion one of the operations when the start voltage of the one of the operations levels is lower than or equal to the current voltage level.

Energy-aware computing system

A system and method for encrypting a data frame of a low-power communication protocol. The method includes providing an input data frame, the input date frame includes a random number, a unique identifier, and a payload data, encrypting the payload data, generating a Message Integrity Code (MIC), generating a rotating identifier by encrypting the unique identifier, and generating an output frame based on the generated rotating identifier, the generated MIC, and the encrypted payload data.

System and method for providing secure and reliable communication over a low-energy wireless communication protocol

A system and method for executing a sequence of functions by at least one microcontroller operable in a battery-less internet of things (IoT) device. The IoT device includes: at least one microcontroller configured to execute one or more pre-programmed sequences; a sequencer configured to retrieve, from a cloud server, at least one flow, wherein the at least one flow indicates: an order of the pre-programmed sequences to be executed, and which of the at least one microcontroller are to execute each of the pre-programmed sequences; and an energy storage.

Microcontroller operable in a battery-less wireless device

An energy-aware system, and method thereof are provided. The energy-aware system includes a microcontroller; an energy storage; a plurality of execution functions integrated in a system on chip (SoC); and a scheduler configured to schedule execution of operations based on available energy at the energy storage and energy requires to complete each of the operations.

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