Patent ID: 8670356
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A system for radio communication, comprising: a first radio transceiver; a second radio transceiver, the first and the second radio transceivers being half-duplex radio transceivers and being individually susceptible to losing a time slot in a transmission sequence due to a frequency hopping setup time or a gain level change setup time; a first switch being communicatively disposed between the first and second radio transceivers and an antenna, wherein the first switch is configured to connect one radio transceiver of the first and second radio transceivers to the antenna; and a second switch being communicatively disposed between the first and second radio transceivers and a baseband circuitry, wherein the second switch is configured to connect the one radio transceiver of the first and second radio transceivers to the baseband circuitry such that a signal received by or transmitted by the one radio transceiver is communicated to the baseband circuitry through the second switch, wherein the first switch and the second switch are configured to switch between the first and second radio transceivers to provide an operational requirement that at least an individual one of the first and second radio transceivers cannot provide alone, and wherein the first and second radio transceivers are frequency hopping radio transceivers, and wherein while the first radio transceiver is receiving at a first frequency hopping frequency, the second radio transceiver is preparing to receive at a second frequency hopping frequency, and wherein the first and second switches switch from the first radio transceiver to the second radio transceiver.