Mechanism for connecting a mobile device to a network

摘要

A system and method are disclosed for offloading control of services in a mobile device to a non-cellular wireless network, such as Wi-Fi. The described system and method allow the overall connection management to be performed by an application processor, while services are handled in a modem using Wi-Fi connectivity. The Wi-Fi subsystem can be fully driven by the modem for time critical operations allowing the application processor to be off (or in low-power mode) when it is not involved in the delivery of services. Battery power is saved by being able to substantially power down the application processor.

主权项

1. A computer-readable device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing a plurality of processors to perform a method for communicating over a wireless network, the method comprising:
initiating a phone call using an application processor; and offloading processing of the phone call from an application executing on the application processor to an application executing on a modem processor; and initiating a low-power mode for the application processor in response to offloading the processing of the phone call to the modem processor.