Patent ID: 8189694
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A transmitting and receiving arrangement for a wirefree communications system, comprising: a device which processes baseband and is integrated on a first semiconductor chip for processing digital signals to form a baseband signal, and vice versa, and a device which processes radio frequency and is integrated on a second semiconductor chip for conversion of the baseband signal to a radio-frequency signal, and vice versa, wherein, via at least one channel of a link extending between the device which processes baseband and the device which processes radio frequency, monitoring data is transmitted between the two semiconductor chips and payload data for the communications system is transmitted between the two semiconductor chips in the form of data packets, wherein the at least one channel comprises one or more physical lines for sequential data transmission between the device which processes baseband and the device which processes radio frequency, for bit-by-bit or symbol-by-symbol data transmission, wherein the device which processes radio frequency includes a reduced clock signal, the reduced clock signal to be transmitted to the device which processes baseband, and wherein the device which processes baseband is provided with an indication as to whether the reduced clock signal is being transmitted to the device which processes baseband, by way of a status indicator provided from the device which transmits radio frequency to the device which transmits baseband.