Patent ID: 7391757
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless system, comprising: a wireless LAN, an access point, at least one communications device communicating within said wireless LAN via said access point, and a controller, the access point including a data communicator for communicating data with said at least one communications device over downlink and uplink channels using different first and second wireless technologies, respectively, wherein each of the wireless technologies is one of 802.11x, Hiperlan/2, Bluetooth or Home RF, said at least one communications device including a further data communicator for communicating data with said access point over said downlink and uplink channels using said first and second wireless technologies, respectively, wherein the first wireless technology arranged to be used for the downlink channel is arranged to operate at a first frequency bandwidth and at a first data rate, the second wireless technology arranged to be used for the uplink channel is arranged to operate at a second frequency bandwidth non-overlapping with the first frequency bandwidth, and at a second data rate lower than the first data rate, and the controller is arranged for controlling data communications over the downlink channel and the uplink channel to maximize the usage of the bandwidth of the downlink channel, and said at least one communications device comprises different first and second antennas and the further data communicator of said at least one communications device comprises different first and second sections coupled with said first and second antennas, respectively, for handling data communications using said first and second wireless technologies, respectively.