Patent ID: 8687608
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor configured to perform data processing for communication with a wireless communication network via a first base station in the wireless communication network using frequency division duplexing (FDD) over respective uplink and downlink frequency channels, to perform operations for associating with a second base station in a pico network (piconet), to perform, after completing the association, data processing for communication with the wireless communication network via the second base station using time division duplexing (TDD), wherein TDD communications comprise uplink and downlink communications that both share the same frequency channel as the FDD uplink frequency channel for the first base station, and to monitor for signals from the first base station on the FDD downlink frequency while communicating via the second base station on the FDD uplink frequency using TDD; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor.