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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Robert N. Gibson, Boulder, CO (US);
Joshua H. Stubbs, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert N. Gibson, Boulder, CO (US);
Joshua H. Stubbs, Longmont, CO (US);
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for dynamically managing a bus within a portable computing device ('PCD') are described. The method and system include monitoring software requests with a bus manager. The bus manager determines if a software request needs to be converted into at least one of an instantaneous bandwidth value and an average bandwidth value. The bus manager then converts the software requests into these two types of values as needed. The bus manager calculates a sum of average bandwidth values across all software requests in the PCD. With these values, the bus manager may dynamically adjust settings of the bus based on instantaneous or near instantaneous demands from the master devices. This dynamic adjustment of the bus settings may afford more power savings for the PCD during low loads or during sleep states.