Patent ID: 7701913
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: exchanging, via a software interface, configuration information between a first wireless communication device associated with a first wireless communication network and a second wireless communication device associated with a second wireless communication network, wherein the configuration information includes at least transmitter power and antenna isolation information of the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, and wherein the first communication network operates on Wi-Fi technology and the second wireless communication network operates on WiMAX technology and the first and second wireless communication devices are integrated within a single platform and operatively coupled to each other via one or more wired links to transmit priority information; reducing, by the first wireless communication device, transmitter power in response to the transmitter power of the first wireless control device being above a transmitter power threshold and the antenna isolation of the second wireless communication device being below a antenna isolation threshold to enable the first and second wireless communication devices to communicate simultaneously with the first and second wireless communication networks over interfering frequency ranges; communicating, simultaneously, over the first wireless communication network via the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication network via the second wireless communication device based on the adjusted configuration, wherein the first wireless communication network and the second wireless communication network operate with interfering frequency ranges; generating, by at least one of the first wireless communication device or the second wireless communication device, a hardware priority signal based on a determination that antenna isolation has fallen below the antenna isolation threshold, wherein the hardware priority signal includes priority information; and suspending said simultaneous communicating in response to at least one of the first wireless communication device or the second wireless communication device receiving the hardware priority signal.