Patent ID: 8750266
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least two local transceivers; and a controller connected to control the two local transceivers and configured to establish parallel first and second communication links with a remote terminal via at least one of the two local transceivers such that the first communication link uses a first physical layer communication protocol and the second communication link uses a second physical layer communication protocol, the second physical layer communication protocol being different from the first physical layer communication protocol or the first and second transceivers configured to operate on different frequencies, wherein the controller is configured to cause the two local transceivers to communicate only control information to the remote terminal over the first communication link, the control information for use in controlling a communication session over the second communication link, the control information being at least one of power requirements, signal constellation information, framing parameters, error control and link quality measurements.