Patent ID: 7693544
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of multimode receivers to receive signals of a plurality of wireless communication services, wherein the plurality of wireless communication services include at least a wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) communication service and a cellular communication service, wherein the signals of at least one of said communication services include signals to be received in diversity by two or more receivers, wherein the number of said plurality of communication services is equal to or greater than the number of said plurality of multimode receivers, wherein each of said multimode receivers has a plurality of receive modes, and wherein each one of said receive modes is adapted to receive signals of a respective one of said plurality of communication services; and a controller to control the receive modes of said plurality of receivers, wherein, when signals of less than all of said plurality of communication services are to be received, the controller is to control two or more multimode receivers of the multimode receivers to operate in diversity such that the two or more multimode receivers receive, substantially simultaneously, signals of a common wireless communication service.