Patent ID: 8340034
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication device, comprising: a Bluetooth device configured for Bluetooth communication according to Bluetooth protocol; a wireless LAN device configured for network communication according to wireless network protocol; an antenna switching circuit configured to connect the Bluetooth device to an antenna for the Bluetooth communication via one of three different communication paths and further configured to connect the wireless LAN device to the antenna for the network communication via the same or another of the three different communication paths, each of the three different communication paths: an arbitration control system configured to arbitrate when the Bluetooth device is connected to the antenna via the antenna switching circuit and when the wireless LAN device is connected to the antenna via the antenna switching circuit, wherein the wireless LAN device is further configured to operate in a power save mode, and wherein the arbitration control system is further configured to initiate that the antenna switching circuit connect the antenna to the Bluetooth device for the Bluetooth communication when the wireless LAN device operates in the power save mode.