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

Claim 0:
1. A method for wireless communication comprising:
determining, by a first wireless communications device connected via a tether to a second wireless communications device, whether to operate in cooperation with the second wireless communications device in full-duplex communication, the full-duplex communication comprising transmitting outgoing data simultaneously to receiving incoming data;
determining, by the first wireless communications device, 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;
communicating, by the first wireless communications device with the second wireless communications device via the tether, an indication of a protocol layer at which to perform processing on the incoming data including a plurality of packets;
transmitting, by the first wireless communications device 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 transmitting by the first wireless communications device;
receiving, by the first wireless communications device in response to the determining to operate in full duplex communication via the tether from the second wireless communications device, the incoming data including the plurality of packets received at the second wireless communications device from the third wireless communications device;
processing the plurality of packets based on the indicated protocol layer;

determining, by the first wireless communications device, 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
transmitting, by the first wireless communications device 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.