Patent ID: 9480077
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A user equipment, UE, for processing data, the UE comprising: a processor configured to execute a plurality of procedures associated with different radio access technologies (RATs); a radio comprising hardware and software resources shared by the plurality of procedures to communicate according to the different RATs; and a memory device configured to store data produced by a first one of said plurality of procedures and to provide said data to a second one of said plurality of procedures, wherein the processor is also configured to execute a radio planner function that avoids conflicts when more than one of the plurality of procedures request using the radio, by selectively granting or denying access to the hardware and software resources of the radio in response to each request for using the radio received from any of said plurality of procedures, so that a procedure whose request is granted is enable to use the hardware and software resources to communicate for a scheduled time interval.