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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Terry Lee Dickey, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Ramin Khoini-Poorfard, Austin, TX (US);
Jason Christopher Rock, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1215 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04L 1/1685 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/162 (2018.01);
Abstract
A system and method of minimizing interference and retries in an environment where two or more network protocols utilize the same frequency spectrum is disclosed. A lower-power network controller is co-located with a WIFI controller. The lower-power network controller parses incoming packets as they are received and generates a request signal once it is determined that the incoming packet is destined for this device. This maximizes the likelihood that no WIFI traffic will occur while the incoming packet is being received.