Patent ID: 8385840
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A radio transceiver, comprising: primary transceiver operation circuitry that includes an operational processor formed in hardware on an integrated circuit to perform routine operations, the primary transceiver operation circuitry further comprising: a service processor formed in hardware that is also on the integrated circuit and separate from the operational processor and in which the service processor operates as a master on a shared bus used by the operational processor, wherein the service processor includes communication logic, device monitoring logic, initialization logic, software image verification logic, recovery logic and test logic, in which the service processor is operable to perform monitoring, test, device management, boot-up sequence and verify software images functions associated with the primary transceiver operation circuitry, and wherein the service processor is coupled to the transmitter front end and the receiver front end through the shared bus and is further operable to reset or shut down the radio transceiver.