Abstract
A method and terminal device for executing a radio application is disclosed. The method for executing a radio application is a method for executing a radio application independent of a modem in a terminal device, comprising the steps of: communicating with each other using a reconfigurable radio frequency interface (RRFI) by a unified radio application (URA), which operates on a radio computer of the terminal device, and a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, which operates in a radio platform on the radio computer; and supporting, by the RRFI, at least one service among a spectrum control service, a power control service, an antenna management service, a transmission/reception chain control service, and a radio virtual machine protection service.
Technologies
Mobility and handover
Product
User Equipment (UE/Terminal)
Use Cases
Network OptimizationWireless communication
Services
Maps and Location based Services
Claim
1. A method for executing a radio application independent of a modem, performed in a terminal device, the method comprising:
communicating with each other using a reconfigurable radio frequency interface (RRFI) by a unified radio application (URA), which operates on a radio computer of the terminal device, and a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, which operates in a radio platform on the radio computer; and
supporting, by the RRFI, a service set comprising a radio virtual machine (RVM) protection service, a spectrum control service, a power control service, an antenna management service, and a transmission/reception chain control service,
wherein the service set supported by the RRFI is configured differently according to a mobile device reconfiguration class (MDRC) of the terminal device, and
wherein the RVM protection service includes at least one of selection of RF protection class, request of RF protection class status, request for change of RF protection classes, RF front-end indication of modification of input data signals, RF front-end emergency switch off, and information on cross radio access technology interference.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRFI is used in parallel with or complementarily to other radio frequency interface defining physical interconnections between a baseband processing part and a RF integrated circuit of the terminal device.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRFI provides a first interface for configuration of the RF transceiver, and the first interface allows at least one of the URA and the RF transceiver to change control information and data between the URA and the RF transceiver according to a radio spectrum environment.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the RRFI provides a seventh interface for unified representation of control information, and the seventh interface allows control information through a RF front-end connected to the RF transceiver to be represented in a unified format for handling of the RF front-end.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the RRFI provides an eighth interface for unified representation of a data payload, and the eighth interface allows the data payload passing through a RF front-end connected to the RF transceiver to be represented in a unified format for data handling of the RF front-end.
6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the RRFI provides a ninth interface for selection of a RF protection class which is introduced for tradeoffs between an effort for certification or re-certification and flexibility of a RF front-end connected to the RF transceiver, and the flexibility of the RF front-end includes band selection, bandwidth selection, limitation on out-of-band (OOB) emission, or a combination of them.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRFI provides a second interface for extension of a multi-antenna system, and the second interface allows the URA to select a number of physical input antennas or physical output antennas according to radio environments.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRFI provides a third interface for capability of multiple frequency bands, and the third interface supports a plurality of radio applications using different frequency bands.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRFI provides a fourth interface for reconfiguration of the RF transceiver, and the fourth interface allows the RF transceiver to manage at least one output signal or received signal from at least one radio application or to the URA.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRFI provides a fifth interface for interworking of radio resources, and the fifth interface supports a plurality of radio applications to share the radio resources.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRFI provides a sixth interface for testing radio equipment, the sixth interface supports a test mode having a capability of testing a RF path without emission of radio waves, and the test mode includes a loop-back mode in which a transmission chain connected to the RF transceiver is connected to a reception chain.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRFI is based on an extension of classes of the radio computer, and the classes of the radio computer include RCMeasurements class, RCConfiguration class and subclasses thereof, Channel class and subclasses thereof, and RCCapabilities class.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the RRFI connects a RVM software component and a baseband implementation integrated circuit of a baseband processing part of the terminal device with a chain of the RF transceiver or a RF front-end.
14. A terminal device for executing a radio application independent of a modem, comprising:
a unified radio application (URA) operating in a radio computer of the terminal device;
a radio frequency (RF) transceiver operating in a radio platform of the radio computer; and
a reconfigurable radio frequency interface (RRFI) connecting the URA and the RF transceiver, and supporting a service set comprising a radio virtual machine (RVM) protection service, a spectrum control service, a power control service, an antenna management service, and a transmission/reception chain control service,
wherein the service set supported by the RRFI is configured differently according to a mobile device reconfiguration class (MDRC) of the terminal device, and
wherein the RVM protection service includes at least one of selection of RF protection class, request of RF protection class status, request for change of RF protection classes, RF front-end indication of modification of input data signals, RF front-end emergency switch off, and information on cross radio access technology interference.
15. The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the RRFI is used in parallel with or complementarily to other radio frequency interface defining physical interconnections between a baseband processing part and a RF integrated circuit of the terminal device.
16. The terminal device according to claim 15, further comprising the baseband processing part including a RVM software component selecting a radio frequency and a RVM protection class, and a baseband implementation integrated circuit, and a RF front-end chain or a RF transceiver chain connected with the baseband processing part via a digital interface, wherein the RVM software component and the baseband implementation integrated circuit communicate with the RF front-end chain or the RF transceiver chain via the RRFI.
17. The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the spectrum control service includes configuration of a center frequency, configuration of a bandwidth, and configuration of a sampling rate.
18. The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the RRFI includes a first interface for the spectrum control service, the URA transmits, via the first interface, to the RF transceiver a message for requesting configuration of a center frequency, a bandwidth, or a sampling rate, and the RF transceiver transmits, via the first interface, to the URA a message for confirming the configuration of the center frequency, the bandwidth, or the sampling rate, or indicating a failure of the configuration of the center frequency, the bandwidth, or the sampling rate.
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