Patent ID: 6990082
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a wireless transceiver having a joint signal transmit/receive section, and a plurality of signal up/down conversion sections sharing said joint signal transmit/receive section, to selectively transmit and receive signals in accordance with a first and a second protocol, in a coordinated manner, to and from network devices of a first and a second wireless network; and a controller coupled to the wireless transceiver to control said wireless transceiver to perform said transmits and receives in said coordinated manner, wherein the controller, in a coordinated manner, selectively couples a first signal up conversion section to the joint signal transmit/receive section to perform said transmit of signals to network device(s) of said first wireless network, while keeping a second signal up conversion section decoupled from the joint signal transmit/receive section preventing signals from being transmitted to network device(s) of said second wireless network.