Patent ID: 11962543
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 23:
24. A wireless communications device comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more memories storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors, individually or in any combination, to cause the wireless communications device to:
determine whether to operate in cooperation with a second wireless communications device in full-duplex communication, the full-duplex communication comprising transmitting outgoing data simultaneously to receiving incoming data;
determine to operate as a receiver in full duplex communication in cooperation with the second wireless communications device, based on a first transmit power of the first wireless communications device being greater than a second transmit power of the second wireless communications device;
communicate, via a tether, an indication a protocol layer at which to perform processing on the outgoing data including a plurality of packets;
receive, in response to determining to operate as the receiver in full duplex communication, incoming data from a third wireless communications device, wherein the second wireless communications device functions as a transmitter to the third wireless communications device at substantially the same time as the wireless communication device receives;
transmit, in response to the determining to operate in full duplex communication, outgoing data including the plurality of packets via the tether at the indicated protocol layer to the second wireless communications device for transmission to the third wireless communications device concurrent to the receiving;

determine to operate as a transmitter in full duplex communication in cooperation with the second wireless communications device, based on a third transmit power of the first wireless communications device being less than a fourth transmit power of the second wireless communications device; and
receive, in response to determining to operate as the transmitter in full duplex communication, the incoming data from the third wireless communications device via the tether.