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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/23 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/23 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
A Bluetooth (BT) or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) controller includes: a physical (PHY) layer; a baseband radio frequency (RF) layer; and a link layer (LL). The LL is configured to: obtain an incoming transmission awareness request regarding a later incoming transmission event; and perform incoming transmission operations to prepare for the later incoming transmission event responsive to the incoming transmission awareness request.