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Enhancing power efficiency in a wireless internet card

US8689026B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Jonathan Livni · Nes Ziona, IL
Moshe Noah · Sunnyvale, US
Eran Friedlander · Rehovot, IL

Key dates

Filing date	May 20, 2008
Grant date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 27, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless internet card to support enhancing power efficiency. The wireless internet comprises a front end comprising shared frequency resources. The wireless internet card also comprises a first wireless block and a second wireless block. While the first wireless block is in low-power mode, the second wireless block may get access to the shared radio frequency resources without waking-up the first wireless block thus enhancing the power efficiency. The second wireless block sends a request to the first wireless block to use shared radio frequency resources. A coexistence block coupled to the second wireless block and the first wireless block may wait for a time duration to elapse after the request is received and may allow the second wireless block to use the shared radio frequency resources if the time duration is elapsed.

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