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

Claim 16:
17. 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 transmitter 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 less than a second transmit power of the second wireless communications device;
communicate, via a tether, an indication of a protocol layer at which to perform processing on the incoming data including a plurality of packets;
transmit, in response to determining to operate as the transmitter in full duplex communication, the outgoing data to a third wireless communications device, wherein the second wireless communications device functions as a receiver from the third wireless communications device at substantially the same time as the first wireless communications device transmits;
receive, via the tether in response to the determining to operate in full duplex communication, the incoming data including the plurality of packets received at the second wireless communications device from the third wireless communications device;
process the plurality of packets based on the indicated protocol layer;

determine to operate as a receiver 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 greater than a fourth transmit power of the second wireless communications device; and
transmit, in response to determining to operate as the receiver in full duplex communication, the outgoing data to the third wireless communications device via the tether.