Patent ID: 11895191
Assignee: ARBOR COMPANY, LLLP
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method performed by a mobile Internet-of-Things (IoT) edge device, comprising:
receiving incoming signals from an antenna by a Phy-layer on a processor-independent connectivity unit, the Phy-layer including a radio-frequency chip (RFIC), the processor-independent connectivity unit not including a processor to perform at least a subset of the connectivity unit processing functions; and
transmitting the incoming signals or data generated therefrom by a system interface of the processor-independent connectivity unit to a reconfigurable processor unit for processing, the reconfigurable processor unit having a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) die element and a reconfigurable die element, the reconfigurable die element including memory elements and control circuitry, the control circuitry being configured to control the memory elements to serve as storage memory at one time and as configuration memory at another time, the memory elements when serving as configuration memory storing configuration information for controlling the FPGA die element, the reconfigurable processing unit further having a processor configured to process data, the FPGA die element being configured based on the configuration information to operate as analog circuitry for processing the incoming signals or data generated therefrom, the analog circuitry being configured to perform at least the subset of the connectivity unit processing functions on behalf of the processor-independent connectivity unit.