Performance improvements in a wireless client terminal using assistance from a proxy device

摘要

Various features are provided to improve communication performance and power conservation in a client terminal by relying on the assistance of a proxy device. For instance, rather than reporting channel measurements via a primary communication channel to a network, the client terminal may be adapted to perform (a) channel measurement feedback using out-of-band signaling via the proxy device and/or (b) active synchronization with assistance of a proxy device. In this manner, the client terminal may be able to disable or reduce power consumption over a primary communication interface for the primary communication channel while utilizing a secondary communication interface to communicate with the proxy device.

主权项

1. A client terminal, comprising:
a first communication circuit for wirelessly communicating over a first communication channel; a second communication circuit for wirelessly communicating over a second communication channel; and a processing circuit coupled to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, the processing circuit adapted to:
establish communications with a proxy device over the first communication channel and the second communication channel, andoperate the first communication circuit in a power conserving mode where feedback data associated with the first communication channel bypasses the first communication circuit and is conveyed via the second communication channel, wherein the first communication circuit conveys the feedback data with higher latency than when the second communication circuit conveys the feedback data.