Patent ID: 8300565
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining whether a wireless communication module has been released from a reset state; detecting the presence of signals of a host interface between a host layer and a medium access control layer of the wireless communication module when the wireless communication module is determined to have been released from the reset state; determining, from the detected signals, a mode of operation for the wireless communication module, wherein the mode of operation specifies a level of involvement of the host layer of the wireless communication module when the wireless communication module is in an active state; and automatically entering the mode of operation based upon the detected signals, wherein communication of the wireless communication module with one or more other devices and read/write access to one or more registers of the wireless communication module in the entered mode of operation do not use any host layer of the wireless communication module when the entered mode of operation is a host-less mode.