Multiple wireless communication protocol methods and apparatuses
US7239615B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 4, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W16/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless device is provided with a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver operative in a coordinated manner and coupled to at least one controller manager. The first wireless transceiver transmits and receives signals in accordance with a first protocol to and from a first network device of a first wireless network communicatively coupled to the apparatus, and the second wireless transceiver transmits and receives signals in accordance with a second protocol to and from a second network device of a second wireless network communicatively coupled to the apparatus. The wireless device is further provided with a network manager to coordinate the transmit and receive operations of the first wireless transceiver and said the second wireless transceiver in order to enable the wireless device to communicate contemporaneously with the first and second wireless networks. The network manager may be further configured to coordinate the first and second network devices of the first and second wireless networks. This coordination may include, for example, selection of network devices of either the first or the second network as dominant devices that operationally dominat…
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