Patent Description:
Wireless communication systems are developing into broadband wireless communication systems that provide high speed and high quality packet data services beyond voice services.

According to the development of wireless communication systems, an electronic device supporting wireless communications may provide a plurality of communication services through a plurality of communication networks. For example, the electronic device may provide both a voice call service and a data service through a Circuit Switching (CS) network (for example, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network) providing the voice call service and a Packet Switching (PS) network (for example, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network) providing the data service. <CIT> discloses switching the connection to an antenna between transceivers of two different systems or splitting/combining the signal for/from the two transceivers, depending on the operation mode.

The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of the present disclosure will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present disclosure may have various embodiments, and modifications and changes may be made therein. Therefore, the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to particular embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that there is no intent to limit the present disclosure to the particular forms disclosed herein; rather, the present disclosure should be construed to cover all modifications, equivalents, and/or alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the disclosure. In the description of the drawings, identical or similar reference numerals are used to designate identical or similar elements.

As used in various embodiments of the present disclosure, the expressions "include", "may include" and other conjugates refer to the existence of a corresponding disclosed function, operation, or constituent element, and do not limit one or more additional functions, operations, or constituent elements. Further, as used in various embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms "include", "have" and their conjugates may be construed to denote a certain characteristic, number, step, operation, constituent element, component or a combination thereof, but may not be construed to exclude the existence of or a possibility of addition of one or more other characteristics, numbers, steps, operations, constituent elements, components or combinations thereof.

Further, as used in various embodiments of the present disclosure, the expression "or" includes any or all combinations of words enumerated together. For example, the expression "A or B" may include A, may include B, or may include both A and B.

In the present disclosure, expressions including ordinal numbers, such as "first" and "second," etc., may modify various elements. However, such elements are not limited by the above expressions. For example, the above expressions do not limit the sequence and/or importance of the corresponding elements. The above expressions may be used merely for the purpose of distinguishing one element from the other elements. For example, a first user device and a second user device indicate different user devices although both of them are user devices. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, a first structural element may be named a second structural element. Similarly, the second structural element also may be named the first structural element.

When an element is referred to as being "coupled" or "connected" to any other element, it should be understood that not only the element may be directly couple4d or connected to the other element, but also a third element may be interposed therebetween. Contrarily, when an element is referred to as being "directly coupled" or "directly connected" to any other element, it should be understood that no element is interposed therebetween.

The terms as used in various embodiments of the present disclosure are merely for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Unless defined differently, all terms used herein, which include technical terminologies or scientific terminologies, have the same meaning as that understood by a person skilled in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. Such terms as those defined in a generally used dictionary are to be interpreted to have the meanings equal to the contextual meanings in the relevant field of art, and are not to be interpreted to have ideal or excessively formal meanings unless clearly defined in the present specification.

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be a device including a communication function. For example, the electronic device may include at least one of a smart phone, a tablet Personal Computer (PC), a mobile phone, a video phone, an e-book reader, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a netbook computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Portable Multimedia Player (PMP), an MP3 player, a mobile medical device, a camera, a wearable device (for example, a Head-Mounted-Device (HMD) such as electronic glasses, electronic clothes, an electronic bracelet, an electronic necklace, an electronic appcessory, an electronic tattoo, and a smart watch).

According to some embodiments, the electronic device may be a smart home appliance with a communication function. The smart home appliance as an example of the electronic device may include at least one of, for example, a television, a Digital Video Disk (DVD) player, an audio, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, a vacuum cleaner, an oven, a microwave oven, a washing machine, an air cleaner, a set-top box, a TV box (e.g., Samsung HomeSyncTM, Apple TVTM, or Google TVTM), a game console, an electronic dictionary, an electronic key, a camcorder, and an electronic picture frame.

According to some embodiments, the electronic device may include at least one of various types of medical devices (for example, Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), a scanning machine, ultrasonic wave device and the like), a navigation device, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, an Event Data Recorder (EDR), a Flight Data Recorder (FDR), a car infotainment device, ship electronic equipment (for example, navigation equipment for a ship, a gyro compass and the like), avionics, a security device, and an industrial or home robot.

According to some embodiments, the electronic device may include at least one of a part of furniture or a building/structure having a communication function, an electronic board, an electronic signature receiving device, a projector, and various kinds of measuring instruments (e.g., a water meter, an electric meter, a gas meter, a radio wave meter, and the like). The electronic device according to the present disclosure may be a combination of one or more of the aforementioned various devices. Further, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the electronic device according to the present disclosure is not limited to the aforementioned devices.

Hereinafter, an electronic device according to the various embodiments will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In various embodiments, the term "user" may indicate a person using an electronic device or a device (e.g. an artificial intelligence electronic device) using an electronic device.

The following embodiments of the present disclosure describe a technology in which an electronic device provides a plurality of communication service together.

<FIG> is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, an electronic device <NUM> may include an antenna <NUM>, a signal processing module <NUM>, a transmission/reception module <NUM>, and a communication control module <NUM>.

The antenna <NUM> may be functionally connected to the electronic device <NUM> to transmit/receive signals for one or more communication services (for example, voice call service or data service) which may be provided by the electronic device <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the antenna <NUM> may simultaneously or sequentially transmit or receive at least one of a signal of a first communication network and a signal of a second communication network.

According to one embodiment, the antenna <NUM> functionally connected to the electronic device <NUM> may include an antenna included in the electronic device <NUM> or an antenna included in an external device which communicates with the electronic device <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, the first communication network may be a Circuit Switching (CS) network which applies a transmission technology such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 1x, Wideband-CDMA (WCDMA), Time Division-Synchronous CDMA (TD-CDMA), Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO), or Global System for Mobile communications (GSM). The second communication network may be a Packet Switching (PS) network which uses a transmission technology such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) or mobile Wimax. In contrast, the first communication network may be the PS network and the second communication network may be the CS network. Although a case where the first communication network and the second communication network are the CS network or the PS network (or converse thereof) is described for the convenience of description, the first communication network and the second communication network may be different communication networks using different transmission technologies according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the first communication network may be the CS network using a CDMA transmission technology and the second communication network may be the CS network using a GSM transmission technology. For example, the first communication network may be the CS network using a WCDMA transmission technology and the second communication network may be the CS network using an LTE transmission technology.

The signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network are signals included in the same frequency band. For example, the signal of the first communication network may be a signal corresponding to band <NUM> of LTE network (<NUM>) and the signal of the second communication network may be a signal corresponding to band <NUM> of CDMA (<NUM>). For example, the signal of the first communication network may be a signal corresponding to band <NUM> of LTE (<NUM>) and the signal of the second communication network may be a signal corresponding to band <NUM> of CDMA (<NUM>).

According to one embodiment, a frequency band corresponding to the signal of the first communication network and a frequency band corresponding to the signal of the second communication network may be randomly allocated by, for example, a base station.

According to one embodiment, the signal processing module <NUM> may distribute signals received by the signal processing module <NUM> through the antenna <NUM> to a plurality of communication control modules (for example, a first communication control module <NUM> or a second communication control module <NUM>). For example, the signal processing module <NUM> may distribute and transmit the signals received by the signal processing module <NUM> to the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM>. In this case, the signals received by the signal processing module <NUM>, the signal transmitted to the first communication control module <NUM>, and the signal transmitted to the second communication control module <NUM> may be equal or similar signals, and at least one of power, voltage, and current of the signals may be different.

For example, when the signal processing module <NUM> receives the signal of the first communication network (for example, CS network) and the signal of the second communication network (for example, PS network) through the antenna <NUM>, the signal processing module <NUM> may transmit the signals (for example, the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network) received through the antenna <NUM> to the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM>, respectively as indicated by reference numeral <NUM>. In this case, power (for example, <NUM> dB) of the signal transmitted to the first communication control module <NUM> and power (for example, <NUM> dB) of the signal transmitted to the second communication module <NUM> may be, for example <NUM>% of power (for example, <NUM> dB) of the signal received by the signal processing module <NUM> through the antenna <NUM>. For convenience of description, although an example in which the power of the signal transmitted to each of the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> is <NUM>% of the power of the signal received by the signal processing module <NUM> has been described, the power of the signal transmitted to each of the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> is not limited thereto according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the power of the signal transmitted to the first communication control module <NUM> may be <NUM>% of the power of the signal received by the signal processing module <NUM>, and the power of the signal transmitted to the second communication control module <NUM> may be <NUM>% of the power of the signal received by the signal processing module <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, the signal processing module <NUM> may combine signals received from a plurality of communication control modules (For example, the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM>) into one signal and provide the combined signal to the antenna <NUM>. For example, the signal processing module <NUM> may receive the signal of the first communication network (for example, the CS network) from the first communication control module <NUM> and receive the signal of the second communication network (for example, the PS network) from the second communication control module <NUM>. The signal processing module <NUM> may combine the signal of the first communication network (for example, the CS network) and the signal of the second communication network (for example, the PS network) which are received by the signal processing module <NUM> into one signal and provide the combined signal to the antenna <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, the signal processing module <NUM> may include a divider/combiner <NUM> which is functionally connected to the electronic device <NUM> or physically or logically separated from the electronic device <NUM>. The divider <NUM> may distribute and provide, for example, the signal received by the signal processing module <NUM> through the antenna <NUM> to each of the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM>. The combiner <NUM> may combine the signals received from the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> and provide the combined signal to the antenna <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, the divider/combiner <NUM> functionally connected to the electronic device <NUM> may include, for example, the divider/combiner <NUM> included in the electronic device <NUM> or the divider/combiner <NUM> included in an external device which communicates with the electronic device <NUM>.

Additionally or alternatively, according to one embodiment, the signal processing module <NUM> may further include an amplifier (for example, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA)) for amplifying a signal received between the antenna <NUM> and the divider in order to calibrate transmission performance loss. According to one embodiment, the signal processing module <NUM> may further include TX calibration between the antenna <NUM> and the combiner in order to calibrate the transmission performance.

According to one embodiment, the transmission/reception module <NUM> may control an operation for transmitting a signal to the antenna <NUM> and an operation for receiving a signal from the antenna <NUM>. The transmission/reception module <NUM> may change a Radio Frequency (RF) signal into a baseband signal and transmit the baseband signal to the communication control module <NUM> (for example, the first communication control module <NUM> or the second communication control module <NUM>). The transmission/reception module <NUM> may change, for example, an analog signal corresponding to a baseband to an RF signal and transmit the RF signal to the antenna <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, the communication control module <NUM> may process (for example, demodulate) signals of one or more communication networks included in the signals received through the transmission/reception module <NUM>. For example, the communication control module <NUM> may include the first communication control module <NUM> (for example, a modem) and the second communication control module <NUM> (for example, a modem), which are logically or physically separated from each other, so as to process (for example, demodulate) signals of a plurality of communication networks. For example, the first communication control module <NUM> may process the signal of the first communication network (or the signal of the second communication network) and the second communication module <NUM> may process the signal of the second communication network (or the signal of the first communication network). For example, when the first communication control module <NUM> may process the signal of the first communication network (for example, the CS network) and the second communication control module <NUM> may process the signal of the second communication network (for example, the PS network), the transmission/reception module <NUM> may transmit the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network to, for example, the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> at the same time. The first communication control module <NUM> may demodulate the signal of the first communication network between the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network which are provided from the transmission/reception module <NUM>. When the first communication control module <NUM> demodulates the signal of the second communication network or demodulates an overlapping signal between the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network, the first communication control module <NUM> may recognize that there is an error in the signal provided from the transmission/ reception module <NUM> and transmit feedback of error generation information to the base station. Further, the second communication control module <NUM> may demodulate the signal of the second communication network between the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network which are provided from the transmission/reception module <NUM>. When the second communication control module <NUM> demodulates the signal of the first communication network or demodulates an overlapping signal between the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network, the second communication control module <NUM> may recognize that there is an error in the signal provided from the transmission/reception module <NUM> and transmit feedback of error generation information to the base station.

Additionally or alternatively, the first communication control module <NUM> may provide a voice call service (or a data service) by using the signal of the first communication network (or the signal of the second communication network) processed (for example, demodulated) by the first communication control module <NUM>. Further, the second communication control module <NUM> may provide a data service (or a voice call service) by using the signal of the second communication network (or the signal of the first communication network) processed (for example, demodulated) by the second communication control module <NUM>. For example, the first communication control module <NUM> may provide the voice call service (for example, a voice service) by using the demodulated signal of the CS network. The second communication control module <NUM> may provide the data service (for example, an Internet or SNS service) or the voice call service (for example, Voice of LTE (VoLTE)) by using the demodulated signal of the PS network. For convenience of the description, although it has been described that the first communication control module <NUM> provides the voice call service, and the second communication control module <NUM> provides the data service, the present disclosure is not limited thereto according to various embodiments. According to various embodiments, for example, both the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> may provide the voice call service (or the data service).

The electronic device <NUM> may provide a plurality of communication services, which simultaneously provide the voice call service (for example, a voice service) and the data service by using, for example, the first communication control module <NUM> (for example, modem) and the second communication control module <NUM> (for example, modem). The plurality of communication services may include a Simultaneous Voice and LTE (SVLTE)/Simultaneous GSM and LTE (SGLTE) service which provides both the voice call service through the CS network and the data service through the LTE network. The CS network may include at least one of the <NUM> communication network and the <NUM> communication network.

<FIG> illustrates a process in which an electronic device provides a plurality of communication services according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, an electronic device (for example, the electronic device <NUM>) may receive a signal of a first communication network (for example, a CS network) and a signal of a second communication network (for example, a PS network) through an antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>). According to one embodiment, the electronic device <NUM> may receive at least one of the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network through the antenna <NUM>.

The electronic device may divide the signal received through the antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>) by using a signal processing module (for example, the signal processing module <NUM>) into a plurality of signals in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the signal processing module <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may divide the signal received through the antenna <NUM> by using the divider <NUM> into a plurality of signals, and transmit the signals to communication control modules (for example, the first communication control module <NUM> or the second communication control module <NUM>). In this case, the signals received by the signal processing module <NUM>, the signal transmitted to the first communication control module <NUM>, and the signal transmitted to the second communication control module <NUM> may be equal or similar signals, and at least one of power, voltage, and current of the signals may be different.

The electronic device may simultaneously provide a service using the first communication network (for example, a voice call service) and a service using the second communication network (for example, a data service) by using each of the divided signals through the signal processing module (for example, the signal processing module <NUM>) in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the transmission/ reception module <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may transmit the signals divided by the signal processing module <NUM> to, for example, the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> at the same time. The first communication control module <NUM> may provide a voice call service (or a data service) by using the signal of the first communication network (or the signal of the second communication network) provided from the transmission/reception module <NUM>. The second communication control module <NUM> may provide a data service (or a voice call service) by using the signal of the second communication network (or the signal of the first communication network) provided from the transmission/reception module <NUM>.

Referring to <FIG>, an electronic device (for example, the electronic device <NUM>) may generate at least one of the signal (for example, a voice call service signal) to be transmitted through the first communication network and the signal (for example, a data service signal) to be transmitted through the second communication network in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the first communication control module <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may generate the signal for the service using the first communication network, and the second communication control module <NUM> may generate the signal for the service using the second communication network.

The electronic device may combine the signal (for example, the voice call service signal) to be transmitted through the first communication network and the signal (for example, the data service signal) to be transmitted through the second communication network into one signal by using a signal processing module (for example, the signal processing module <NUM>) in operation <NUM>. For example, the signal processing module <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may combine the signal to be transmitted through the first communication network and the signal to be transmitted through the second communication network into one signal by using the combiner <NUM>.

The electronic device may transmit the one signal combined by the signal processing module to the first communication network (for example, the CS network) and the second communication network (for example, the PS network) through the antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>) in operation <NUM>.

<FIG> illustrates a process in which an electronic device provides a communication service using divided signals according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, when the signal received through the antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>) is divided into a plurality of signals by the signal processing module (for example, the signal processing module <NUM>) in operation <NUM> of <FIG>, the electronic device (for example, the electronic device <NUM>) may demodulate the divided signals in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the transmission/reception module <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may transmit the signals divided by the signal processing module <NUM> to, for example, the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> at the same time. Each of the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> may demodulate the signal provided from the transmission/reception module <NUM>.

The electronic device may identify whether an error received through the antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>) is detected based on a result of the demodulation of the signal in operation <NUM>.

When the error is detected in the signal in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may transmit error generation information to a serving node (for example, the base station) in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, when the first communication control module <NUM> detects the error in the signal, the first communication control module <NUM> may transmit feedback of the error generation information to the serving node of the first communication network. Further, when the second communication control module <NUM> detects the error in the signal, the second communication control module <NUM> may transmit feedback of the error generation information to the serving node of the second communication network.

When the error is not detected in the signal in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may provide the communication service by using the demodulated signal in operation <NUM>.

<FIG> is a detailed block diagram of the signal processing module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, the signal processing module <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may include a divider <NUM> (for example, the divider <NUM>), a first switch <NUM>, a second switch <NUM>, and a third switch <NUM>. In the signal processing module <NUM> of <FIG>, the first switch <NUM>, the second switch <NUM>, and the third switch <NUM> which are marked by dotted lines may be omitted.

The first switch <NUM> may control a connection of the antenna <NUM> according to, for example, a service (for example, a voice call service, a data service, or a plurality of communication services) provided by the electronic device <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the first switch <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the first communication control module <NUM> through, for example, the second switch <NUM> based on, for example, provision of the voice call service (or the data service) using the first communication network (for example, the CS network) by the electronic device <NUM>. For example, when the antenna <NUM> receives the signal of the CS network, the first switch <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the first communication control module <NUM> through the second switch <NUM> in order to transmit the signal of the CS network received through the antenna <NUM> to the first communication control module <NUM>(<NUM>).

According to one embodiment, the first switch <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the second communication control module <NUM> through, for example, the third switch <NUM> based on, for example, provision of the data service or the voice call service using the second communication network (for example, the PS network) by the electronic device <NUM>. For example, when the antenna <NUM> receives the signal of the PS network, the first switch <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the second communication control module <NUM> through the third switch <NUM> in order to transmit the signal of the PS network received through the antenna <NUM> to the second communication control module <NUM>(<NUM>).

According to one embodiment, the first switch <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the divider/combiner <NUM> based on provision of a plurality of communication services (for example, the voice call service using the CS network and the data service using the PS network) by the electronic device <NUM>. For example, when the antenna <NUM> receives the signal of the CS network and the signal of the PS network, the first switch <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the divider/combiner <NUM> in order to transmit the signal of the CS network and the signal of the PS network which are received through the antenna <NUM> to the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> as indicated by reference numeral <NUM>.

The second switch <NUM> may control the connection of the first communication control module <NUM> according to the service provided by the electronic device <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the second switch <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the first communication control module <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> based on provision of the voice call service using the first communication network (for example, the CS network) by the electronic device <NUM>. For example, when the first communication control module <NUM> transmits the signal of the CS network, the second switch <NUM> may connect the first communication control module <NUM> to the antenna <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> in order to transmit the signal of the CS network to be transmitted, to the antenna <NUM> as indicated by reference numeral <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device <NUM> provides a plurality of communication services, the second switch <NUM> may connect the first communication control module <NUM> to the divider/combiner <NUM>. For example, when the first communication control module <NUM> transmits the signal of the CS network and the second communication control module <NUM> transmits the signal of the PS network, the second switch <NUM> may connect the first communication control module <NUM> to the divider/ combiner <NUM> in order to transmit the signal of the CS network to be transmitted, to the antenna <NUM> as indicated by reference numeral <NUM>.

The third switch <NUM> may control a connection of the second communication control module <NUM> according to the service provided by the electronic device <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the third switch <NUM> may connect the second communication control module <NUM> to the antenna <NUM> based on provision of the voice call service or the data service using the second communication network (for example, the PS network) by the electronic device <NUM>. For example, when the second communication control module <NUM> transmits the signal of the PS network, the third switch <NUM> may connect the second communication control module <NUM> to the antenna <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> in order to transmit the signal of the PS network to be transmitted, to the antenna <NUM> as indicated by reference numeral <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device <NUM> provides a plurality of communication services, the third switch <NUM> may connect the second communication control module <NUM> to the divider/combiner <NUM>. For example, when the first communication control module <NUM> transmits the signal of the CS network and the second communication control module <NUM> transmits the signal of the PS network, the third switch <NUM> may connect the second communication control module <NUM> to the divider/ combiner <NUM> in order to transmit the signal of the PS network to be transmitted, to the antenna <NUM> as indicated by reference numeral <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device provides a plurality of communication services, the divider <NUM> may distribute and provide the signals transmitted by the antenna <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> to the first communication control <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> through, for example, the second switch <NUM> and the third switch <NUM>. Further, the divider/combiner <NUM> may combine the signals provided from the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> through the second switch <NUM> and the third switch <NUM> into one signal, and transmit the combined signal to the antenna <NUM> through, for example, the first switch <NUM>.

Although not illustrated, the electronic device <NUM> may further include a switch controller for controlling at least one of the first switch <NUM>, the second switch <NUM>, and the third switch <NUM> according to the service provided by the electronic device <NUM>. For example, the switch controller may be included in the signal processing module <NUM> or may be configured by a module separated from the signal processing module <NUM>.

For convenience of description, although it has been described that the signal processing module <NUM> includes the switches <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM>, and the divider/ combiner <NUM> in the aforementioned embodiment, the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

According to one embodiment, the signal processing module <NUM> may include the first switch <NUM> and the divider/combiner <NUM>. Further, the signal processing module <NUM> may include the second switch <NUM> or the third switch <NUM>, and the divider/ combiner <NUM>.

Referring to <FIG>, when the signal of the first communication network (for example, the CS network) and the signal of the second communication network (for example, the PS network) are received through the antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>) in operation <NUM> of <FIG>, the electronic device may identify whether a plurality of communication services are provided in operation <NUM>.

When the plurality of communication services are provided in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may divide the signals received through the antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>) into a plurality of signals by using, for example, the divider <NUM> of the signal processing module (for example, the signal processing module <NUM>) in operation <NUM> of <FIG>. According to one embodiment, when the electronic device <NUM> provides a plurality of communication services, the electronic device <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the divider/combiner <NUM> through the first switch <NUM>. The divider/ combiner <NUM> may distribute and provide the signals received from the antenna <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> to the first communication control <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> through, for example, the second switch <NUM> and the third switch <NUM>.

When the plurality of communication services are not provided in operation <NUM> (for example, when the voice call service using the first communication network or the data service using the second communication network is provided), the electronic device may identify the service provided by the electronic device in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the electronic device may identify the communication network (for example, the first communication network or the second communication network) for providing the service.

The electronic device may provide the communication service by using the communication control module (for example, the first communication control module <NUM> or the second communication control module <NUM>) corresponding to the communication network for providing the service in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, when the electronic device <NUM> provides the voice call service (or the data service) using the first communication network (for example, the CS network), the electronic device <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the first communication control module <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> and the second switch <NUM>. The first communication control module <NUM> may provide the communication service (for example, the voice call service) using the first communication network by demodulating the signal of the first communication network provided from the antenna <NUM>. According to one embodiment, when the electronic device <NUM> provides the data service or the voice call service using the second communication network (for example, the PS network), the electronic device <NUM> may connect the antenna <NUM> to the second communication control module <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> and the third switch <NUM>. The second communication control module <NUM> may provide the communication service (for example, the data service or the voice call service) using the second communication network by demodulating the signal of the second communication network provided from the antenna <NUM>.

In the above described embodiment, when the voice call service or the data service is provided using the signal processing module <NUM> as illustrated in <FIG>, the electronic device <NUM> may receive a paging signal by using a secondary antenna as illustrated in <FIG>.

Referring to <FIG>, an electronic device <NUM> may include a main antenna <NUM> (for example, the antenna <NUM>), a first signal processing module <NUM> (for example, the first signal processing module <NUM>), a transmission/reception module <NUM> (for example, the transmission/reception module <NUM>), a secondary antenna <NUM>, a second signal processing module <NUM>, a reception module <NUM>, and a communication control module <NUM> (for example, the communication control module <NUM>).

The main antenna <NUM> and the secondary antenna <NUM> are be functionally connected to the electronic device <NUM> to transmit/receive signals for one or more communication services (for example, a voice call service or a data service) which may be provided by the electronic device <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the main antenna <NUM> and the secondary antenna <NUM> may simultaneously or sequentially transmit or receive at least one of the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network.

According to one embodiment, at least one of the main antenna <NUM> and the secondary antenna <NUM> functionally connected to the electronic device <NUM> may include, for example, an antenna included in the electronic device <NUM> or an antenna included in an external device which communicates with the electronic device <NUM>.

The first signal processing module <NUM> may include a divider <NUM>, a first switch <NUM>, a second switch <NUM>, and a third switch <NUM>. For example, the configuration of the first signal processing module <NUM> may be identical or similar to the configuration of the signal processing module <NUM> of <FIG>.

The transmission/reception module <NUM> may control an operation of transmitting a signal to the main antenna <NUM> and an operation of receiving a signal from the main antenna <NUM>. For example, the transmission/reception module <NUM> may include a first transmission/reception module <NUM> and a second transmission/reception module <NUM> which are logically or physically separated from each other.

For example, the first transmission/reception module <NUM> may change a Radio Frequency (RF) signal provided from the first signal processing module <NUM> into a baseband signal and transmit the baseband signal to the first communication control module <NUM>. The first transmission/reception module <NUM> may change an analog signal of the baseband for the first communication network provided from the first communication control module <NUM> into the RF signal and transmit the RF signal to the first signal processing module <NUM>.

For example, the second transmission/reception module <NUM> may change a Radio Frequency (RF) signal provided from the first signal processing module <NUM> into a baseband signal and transmit the baseband signal to the second communication control module <NUM>. The second transmission/reception module <NUM> may change an analog signal of the baseband for the second communication network provided form the second communication control module <NUM> into the RF signal and transmit the RF signal to the first signal processing module <NUM>.

The second signal processing module <NUM> may include a divider <NUM>. The divider <NUM> may distribute and provide the signal received by the signal processing module <NUM> through the secondary antenna <NUM> to each of the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM>. For example, the divider <NUM> may divide at least one of the paging signal of the first communication network and the paging signal of the second communication network which are received by the second signal processing module <NUM> through the secondary antenna <NUM> and transmit the divided signals to the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> through the reception module <NUM>.

Additionally or alternatively, according to one embodiment, the second signal processing module <NUM> may further include an amplifier (for example, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA)) between, for example, the secondary antenna <NUM> and the divider <NUM> in order to compensate for transmission performance loss.

The reception module <NUM> may control an operation of receiving a signal from the secondary antenna <NUM>. For example, the reception module <NUM> may include a first reception module <NUM> and a second reception module <NUM> which are logically or physically separated from each other.

For example, the first reception module <NUM> may change an RF signal provided from the second signal processing module <NUM> into a baseband signal and transmit the baseband signal to the first communication control module <NUM>.

For example, the second reception module <NUM> may change an RF signal provided from the second signal processing module <NUM> into the baseband signal and transmit the baseband signal to the second communication control module <NUM>.

The communication control module <NUM> may process (for example, demodulate) signals of one or more communication networks included in the signals received through the transmission/reception module <NUM>. For example, the communication control module <NUM> may include the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM>, which are logically or physically separated from each other, so as to process (for example, demodulate) signals of a plurality of communication networks.

Additionally or alternatively, according to one embodiment, the communication control module <NUM> may receive the paging signals for one or more communication networks through the reception module <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device <NUM> provides the voice call service (or the data service) using the first communication network (for example, the CS network), the first communication control module <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may be connected to the main antenna <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> and the second switch <NUM>. The first communication control module <NUM> may provide the communication service (for example, the voice call service) using the first communication network by demodulating the signal of the first communication network provided from the main antenna <NUM>. In this case, the second communication control module <NUM> may identify whether the paging signal for the second communication network is received from the reception module <NUM>.

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device <NUM> provides the voice call service or the data service using the second communication network (for example, the PS network), the second communication control module <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may be connected to the main antenna <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> and the third switch <NUM>. The second communication control module <NUM> may provide the communication service (for example, the voice call service) using the second communication network by demodulating the signal of the second communication network provided from the main antenna <NUM>. In this case, the first communication control module <NUM> may identify whether the paging signal for the first communication network is received from the reception module <NUM>.

Although not illustrated, the electronic device <NUM> may further include a service control module for making a control to change the service (for example, the voice call service or the data service) provided from the electronic device <NUM> according to the type of paging signal (for example, the signal of the first communication network or the signal of the second communication network) received by at least one of the first communication control module <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM>.

For example, when the electronic device receives the paging signal for the second communication network (for example, the PS network) through the second communication control module <NUM> while providing the voice call service through the first communication network (for example, the CS network) by using the first communication control module <NUM>, the service control module may switch the service provided by the electronic device <NUM> to a plurality of communication services from the voice communication service.

For example, when the electronic device receives the paging signal for the first communication network (for example, the CS network) through the first communication control module <NUM> while providing the data service through the second communication network (for example, the PS network) by using the second communication control module <NUM>, the service control module may switch the service provided by the electronic device <NUM> to a plurality of communication services from the data service.

The electronic device <NUM> receives the paging signal through the secondary antenna <NUM>. For example, the secondary antenna <NUM> of the electronic device <NUM> may include a first secondary antenna for receiving the signal of the first communication network and a second secondary antenna for receiving the signal of the second communication network.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device (for example, the electronic device <NUM>) may include the an antenna (for example, the main antenna <NUM>) for transmitting or receiving one or more of a first signal corresponding to the first communication network (for example, the CS network) and a second signal corresponding to the second communication network (for example, the PS network), a first communication control module (for example, the first communication control module <NUM>) for processing the first signal, a second communication control module (for example, the second communication control module <NUM>) for processing the second signal, and a divider (for example, the divider <NUM>) for distributing the one or more signals received through the antenna to the first communication control module and the second communication control module.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, when a first service (for example, the voice call service) corresponding to the first signal and a second service (for example, the data service) corresponding to the second signal are provided, the first communication control module and the second communication control module may be configured to receive the one or more signals through the divider.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may further include a switch (for example, the first switch <NUM>) for connecting the antenna to at least one of the divider, the first communication control module, and the second communication control module based on the service provided by the electronic device.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the antenna may be connected to the first communication control module when the service includes the first service provided through the first communication control module, and the antenna may be connected to the second communication control module when the service includes the second service provided through the second communication control module.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, when the service includes the first service provided through the first communication control module and the second service provided through the second communication module, the switch may be configured to connect the antenna to the divider.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may further include a switch (for example, the second switch <NUM>) for connecting the first communication control module to the divider when the first service provided through the first communication control module and the second service provided through the second communication control module are provided, and connecting the first communication control module to the antenna when only the first service is provided.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may further include a switch (for example, the third switch <NUM>) for connecting the second communication control module to the divider when the first service provided through the first communication control module and the second service provided through the second communication control module are provided, and connecting the second communication control module to the antenna when only the second service is provided.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the divider may be configured to combine the first signal transmitted from the first communication control module and the second signal transmitted from the second communication control module.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, a first frequency band corresponding to the first signal and a second frequency band corresponding to the second signal may include designated frequency ranges.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may further include an amplifier for amplifying the one or more signals to be transmitted to the divider.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may further include a secondary antenna (for example, the secondary antenna <NUM>) for receiving paging signals corresponding to the one or more signals.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may further include another divider (for example, the divider <NUM>) for distributing the paging signals to the first communication control module and the second communication control module.

<FIG> illustrates a process in which the electronic device provides a plurality of communication services (for example, a voice call service and a data service) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, when a first communication service (for example, the voice call service) is provided using the signal of the first communication network received through the antenna (for example, the main antenna <NUM>) or a second communication service (for example, the data service) is provided using the signal of the second communication network in operation <NUM> of <FIG>, the electronic device (for example, the electronic device <NUM>) may identify whether a paging signal is received through the secondary antenna (for example, the secondary antenna <NUM>) in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, for example, when the electronic device <NUM> provides the voice call service (or the data service) using the first communication network (for example, the CS network), the electronic device <NUM> may identify whether a paging signal for the second communication network is received through the secondary antenna <NUM>. According to one embodiment, for example, when the electronic device <NUM> provides the voice call service or the data service using the second communication network (for example, the PS network), the electronic device <NUM> may identify whether a paging signal for the first communication network is received through the secondary antenna <NUM>.

When the paging signal is not received in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may provide the voice call service by using the signal of the first communication network through the antenna (for example, the main antenna <NUM>) or provide the data service by using the signal of the second communication network in operation <NUM> of <FIG>.

When the paging signal is received in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may determine whether to end the first communication service which is being provided by the electronic device at the time when the paging signal is received in operation <NUM>. For example, the electronic device <NUM> may determine whether to end the first communication service based on whether the electronic device <NUM> supports a plurality of communication services.

When the electronic device determines not to end the provided communication service in operation <NUM> (for example, determines to provide a plurality of communication services), the electronic device may divide the signal received through the antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>) into a plurality of signals by using the divider <NUM> of the signal processing module (for example, the signal processing module <NUM>) in operation <NUM> of <FIG>. For example, the electronic device may divide the signal received through the antenna (for example, the antenna <NUM>) into a plurality of signals by using the divider <NUM> of the signal processing module (for example, the signal processing module <NUM>) in operation <NUM> of <FIG> after switching the mode thereof to a communication mode for providing the plurality of communication services.

When the electronic device determines to stop the provided communication service in operation <NUM> (for example, a plurality of communication services are not provided), the electronic device may switch the service of the electronic device so as to provide the service corresponding to the paging signal in operation <NUM>.

The electronic device may provide a communication service corresponding to the switched service in operation <NUM>.

Referring to <FIG>, the electronic device (for example, the electronic device <NUM>) may receive a signal through the main antenna (for example, the main antenna <NUM>) in operation <NUM>. For example, the electronic device <NUM> may receive signals including at least one of the signal of the first communication network and the signal of the second communication network through the main antenna <NUM>.

When the signal is received through the main antenna, the electronic device may identify whether a plurality of communication services are provided in operation <NUM>.

When the plurality of communication services are provided in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may divide the signal received through the main antenna into a plurality of signals by using the signal processing module <NUM> in operation <NUM>. According to one embodiment, for example, when the electronic device <NUM> provides a plurality of communication services, the electronic device <NUM> may connect the main antenna <NUM> to the divider/combiner <NUM> through the first switch <NUM>. The divider/ combiner <NUM> may distribute and provide the signal received from the main antenna <NUM> through the first switch <NUM> to the first communication control <NUM> and the second communication control module <NUM> through, for example, the second switch <NUM> and the third switch <NUM>.

The electronic device may simultaneously provide a service using the first communication network (for example, a voice call service) and a service using the second communication network (for example, a data service) by using each of the signals divided through the signal processing module <NUM> in operation <NUM>.

When the plurality of communication services are not provided in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may provide the voice call service using the first communication network or the data service using the second communication network based on the signal received through the main antenna in operation <NUM>.

The electronic device may identify whether a paging signal is received through the secondary antenna in operation <NUM>.

When the paging signal is not received in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may provide the voice call service by using the signal of the first communication network received through the main antenna (for example, the main antenna <NUM>) or provide the data service by using the signal of the second communication network in operation <NUM>.

When the paging signal is received in operation <NUM>, the electronic device may switch the service of the electronic device so as to provide a plurality of communication services in operation <NUM>.

When the service of the electronic device is switched to provide the plurality of communication services, the electronic device may divide the signal received through the main antenna into a plurality of signals by using the signal processing module <NUM> in operation <NUM>.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of operating the electronic device (for example, the electronic device <NUM>) may include an operation of transmitting or receiving one or more of the first signal corresponding to the first communication network and the second signal corresponding to the second communication network through the antenna (for example, the main antenna <NUM>) functionally connected to the electronic device and an operation of distributing the one or more received signals to the first communication control module (for example, the first communication control module <NUM>) for processing the first signal and the second communication control module (for example, the second communication control module <NUM>) for processing the second signal through the divider (for example, the divider <NUM>) functionally connected to the electronic device.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the operation of distributing the one or more received signals may be an operation performed by the electronic device based on provision of the first service (for example, the voice call service) provided through the first communication control module and the second service (for example, the data service) provided through the second communication control module.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the method may further include an operation of transmitting the one or more signals received through the antenna to the first communication control module when the electronic device provides only the first service, and transmitting the one or more signals received through the antenna to the second communication control module when the electronic device provides only the second service.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the method may further include an operation of combining the first signal transmitted from the first communication control module and the second signal transmitted from the second communication control module into one signal.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the method may further include an operation of receiving paging signals corresponding to the one or more signals.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the method may further include an operation of distributing the paging signals to the first communication control module and the second communication control module.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the method may further include an operation of providing a service corresponding to at least one of the first signal and the second signal by the electronic device based on the paging signals.

An electronic device <NUM> may constitute, for example, all or a part of the electronic device <NUM> illustrated in <FIG> or <FIG> or the electronic device <NUM> illustrated in <FIG>. Referring to <FIG>, the electronic device <NUM> may include one or more Application Processors (APs) <NUM>, a communication module <NUM>, a Subscriber Identifier Module (SIM) card <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, a sensor module <NUM>, an input device <NUM>, a display <NUM>, an interface <NUM>, an audio module <NUM>, a camera module <NUM>, a power management module <NUM>, a battery <NUM>, an indicator <NUM>, and a motor <NUM>.

The AP <NUM> may drive an operating system or an application program so as to control a plurality of hardware or software components connected to the AP <NUM>, and may process various pieces of data including multimedia data and perform calculations. The AP <NUM> may be implemented by, for example, a System on Chip (SoC). According to one embodiment, the AP <NUM> may further include a Graphic Processing Unit (GPU).

The communication module <NUM> may transmit and receive data in communication between the electronic device <NUM> (for example, the electronic device <NUM> or <NUM>) and other electronic devices connected through a network. According to one embodiment, the communication module <NUM> may include a cellular module <NUM>, a WiFi module <NUM>, a BlueTooth (BT) module <NUM>, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module <NUM>, a Near Field Communication (NFC) module <NUM>, and a Radio Frequency (RF) module <NUM>.

The cellular module <NUM> may provide a voice, a call, a video call, a Short Message Service (SMS), or an Internet service through a communication network (for example, Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-A, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Wireless Broadband (WiBro), or Global System for Mobile communication (GSM)). Furthermore, the cellular module <NUM> may distinguish and authenticate electronic devices within a communication network using a subscriber identification module (for example, the SIM card <NUM>). According to one embodiment, the cellular module <NUM> may perform at least some of the functions which can be provided by the AP <NUM>. For example, the cellular module <NUM> may perform at least some of the multimedia control functions.

According to one embodiment, the cellular module <NUM> may include a Communication Processor (CP). Furthermore, the cellular module <NUM> may be implemented by, for example, an SoC. Although the components such as the cellular module <NUM> (for example, communication processor), the memory <NUM>, and the power management module <NUM> are illustrated as components separated from the AP <NUM>, the AP <NUM> may include at least some of the above described components (for example, the cellular module <NUM>) according to one embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the AP <NUM> or the cellular module <NUM> (for example, the communication processor) may load a command or data received from at least one of a non-volatile memory and other components connected to the AP <NUM> in a volatile memory and process the loaded command or data. Further, the AP <NUM> or the cellular module <NUM> may store data received from or generated by at least one of the other components in a non-volatile memory.

For example, each of the Wi-Fi module <NUM>, the BT module <NUM>, the GPS module <NUM>, and the NFC module <NUM> may include a processor for processing data transmitted/ received through the corresponding module. In <FIG>, the cellular module <NUM>, the WiFi module <NUM>, the BT module <NUM>, the GPS module <NUM>, and the NFC module <NUM> are illustrated as blocks separated from each other, but at least some (for example, two or more) of the cellular module <NUM>, the WiFi module <NUM>, the BT module <NUM>, the GPS module <NUM>, and the NFC module <NUM> may be included in one Integrated Chip (IC) or one IC package. For example, at least some of processors corresponding to the cellular module <NUM>, the WiFi module <NUM>, the BT module <NUM>, the GPS module <NUM>, and the NFC module <NUM> respectively (for example, a CP corresponding to the cellular module <NUM> and a WiFi processor corresponding to the WiFi module <NUM>) may be implemented as one SoC.

The RF module <NUM> may transmit/receive data, for example, an RF signal. The RF module <NUM> may include, for example, a transceiver, a Power Amp Module (PAM), a frequency filter, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), or the like, although not illustrated. Further, the RF module <NUM> may further include a component for transmitting/ receiving an electromagnetic wave in the air for wireless communications, such as a conductor or a conducting wire. Although the cellular module <NUM>, the Wi-Fi module <NUM>, the BT module <NUM>, the GPS module <NUM>, and the NFC module <NUM> are illustrated to share one RF module <NUM> in <FIG>, at least one of the cellular module <NUM>, the Wi-Fi module <NUM>, the BT module <NUM>, the GPS module <NUM>, and the NFC module <NUM> may transmit/receive the RF signal through a separate RF module.

The SIM card <NUM> may be a card including a subscriber identification module, and may be inserted into a slot formed in a particular portion of an electronic device. The SIM card <NUM> may include unique identification information (for example, an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID)) or subscriber information (for example, an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI)).

The memory <NUM> may include an internal memory <NUM> and an external memory <NUM>. The internal memory <NUM> may include at least one of a volatile memory (for example, a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), a Static RAM (SRAM), a Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM), and the like) and a non-volatile memory (for example, a One Time Programmable Read Only Memory (OTPROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable and Programmable ROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM (EEPROM), a mask ROM, a flash ROM, a NAND flash memory, a NOR flash memory, and the like).

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the internal memory <NUM> may be a Solid State Drive (SSD). The external memory <NUM> may further include a flash drive, for example, a Compact Flash (CF), a Secure Digital (SD), a Micro Secure Digital (Micro-SD), a Mini Secure Digital (Mini-SD), an extreme Digital (xD), a memory stick, or the like. The external memory <NUM> may be functionally connected to the electronic device <NUM> through various interfaces. According to one embodiment, the electronic device <NUM> may further include a storage device (or storage medium) such as a hard drive.

The sensor module <NUM> may measure a physical quantity or detect an operation state of the electronic device <NUM>, and may convert the measured or detected information into an electronic signal. The sensor module <NUM> may include, for example, at least one of a gesture sensor 940A, a gyro sensor 940B, an atmospheric pressure sensor 940C, a magnetic sensor 940D, an acceleration sensor 940E, a grip sensor 940F, a proximity sensor <NUM>, a color sensor <NUM> (for example, red, green, and blue (RGB) sensor), a biometric sensor <NUM>, a temperature/humidity sensor 940J, an illumination sensor <NUM>, and an Ultra Violet (UV) sensor <NUM>. Additionally or alternatively, the sensor module <NUM> may include, for example, an E-nose sensor (not illustrated), an ElectroMyoGraphy (EMG) sensor (not illustrated), an ElectroEncephaloGram (EEG) sensor (not illustrated), an ElectroCardioGram (ECG) sensor (not illustrated), an InfraRed (IR) sensor, an iris sensor (not illustrated), a fingerprint sensor (not illustrated) and the like. The sensor module <NUM> may further include a control circuit for controlling one or more sensors included therein.

The input device <NUM> may include a touch panel <NUM>, a (digital) pen sensor <NUM>, a key <NUM>, or an ultrasonic input device <NUM>. The touch panel <NUM> may recognize a touch input through at least one of, for example, a capacitive type, a resistive type, an infrared type, and an acoustic wave type. The touch panel <NUM> may further include a control circuit. The capacitive type touch panel may recognize physical contact or proximity. The touch panel <NUM> may further include a tactile layer. In this case, the touch panel <NUM> may provide a user with a tactile reaction.

The (digital) pen sensor <NUM> may be embodied, for example, using a method identical or similar to a method of receiving a touch input of a user, or using a separate recognition sheet. The key <NUM> may include, for example, a physical button, an optical key, or a keypad. The ultrasonic input device <NUM> is a device that may identify data by generating an ultrasonic signal through an input tool (for example, a pen) and detecting a sonic wave through a microphone (for example, a microphone <NUM>) in the electronic device <NUM>, and is capable of wireless recognition. According to one embodiment, the electronic device <NUM> may use a communication module <NUM> to receive a user input from an external device (for example, a computer or a server) connected thereto.

The display <NUM> may include a panel <NUM>, a hologram device <NUM> or a projector <NUM>. For example, the panel <NUM> may be, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AM-OLED), or the like. The panel <NUM> may be implemented to be, for example, flexible, transparent, or wearable. The panel <NUM> may be configured by a single module together with the touch panel <NUM>. The hologram device <NUM> may show a stereoscopic image in the air by using interference of light. The projector <NUM> may project light on a screen to display an image. The screen may be located, for example, inside or outside the electronic device <NUM>. According to one embodiment, the display <NUM> may further include a control circuit for controlling the panel <NUM>, the hologram device <NUM>, or the projector <NUM>.

The interface <NUM> may include, for example, a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) <NUM>, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) <NUM>, an optical interface <NUM>, or a D-subminiature (D-sub) <NUM>. Additionally or alternatively, the interface <NUM> may include, for example, a Mobile High-definition Link (MHL) interface, a Secure Digital (SD) card/Multi-Media Card (MMC) interface, or an Infrared Data Association (IrDA) standard interface.

The audio module <NUM> may bidirectionally convert a sound and an electrical signal. The audio module <NUM> may process sound information which is input or output through, for example, a speaker <NUM>, a receiver <NUM>, earphones <NUM>, the microphone <NUM> or the like.

The camera module <NUM> is a device which may photograph a still image and a dynamic image. According to one embodiment, the camera module <NUM> may include one or more image sensors (for example, a front sensor or a back sensor), a lens (not shown), an Image Signal Processor (ISP) (not shown) or a flash (not shown) (for example, LED or xenon lamp).

The power management module <NUM> may manage power of the electronic device <NUM>. Although not illustrated, the power management module <NUM> may include, for example, a Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC), a charger Integrated Circuit (IC), or a battery or fuel gauge.

The PMIC may be mounted in, for example, an integrated circuit or an SoC semiconductor. The charging methods may be divided into a wired type and a wireless type. The charger IC may charge a battery and prevent the introduction of over-voltage or over-current from a charger. According to one embodiment, the charger IC may include a charger IC for at least one of the wired charging method and the wireless charging method. A magnetic resonance scheme, a magnetic induction scheme, or an electromagnetic scheme may be exemplified as the wireless charging method, and an additional circuit for wireless charging, such as a coil loop circuit, a resonance circuit, a rectifier circuit, and the like may be added.

The battery gauge may measure, for example, a residual quantity of the battery <NUM>, and a voltage, a current, or a temperature during the charging. The battery <NUM> may store or generate electricity and may supply power to the electronic device <NUM> by using the stored or generated electricity. The battery <NUM> may include, for example, a rechargeable battery or a solar battery.

The indicator <NUM> may display a predetermined state of the electronic device <NUM> or a part of the electronic device <NUM> (for example, the AP <NUM>), for example, a booting state, a message state, a charging state, or the like. The motor <NUM> may convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration. Although not illustrated, the electronic device <NUM> may include a processing device (for example, a GPU) for supporting mobile TV. The processing device for supporting mobile TV may process, for example, media data according to the standard of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), a media flow, or the like.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing, in an electronic device, an operation of transmitting or receiving one or more signals of a first signal corresponding to a first communication network and a second signal corresponding to a second communication network and an operation of distributing the one or more received signals to a first communication control module for processing the first signal and a second communication control module for processing the second signal through a divider functionally connected to the electronic device.

The above described components of the electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be formed of one or more components, and a name of a corresponding component element may be changed based on the type of electronic device. The electronic device according to the present disclosure may include one or more of the aforementioned components or may further include other additional components, or some of the aforementioned components may be omitted. Further, some of the components of the electronic device according to the various embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined to form a single entity, and thus, may equivalently execute functions of the corresponding elements prior to the combination.

The "module" used in various embodiments of the present disclosure may refer to, for example, a "unit" including one of hardware, software, and firmware, or a combination of two or more of the hardware, software, and firmware. The "module" may be interchangeably used with, for example, the term "unit", "logic", "logical block", "component", or "circuit". The "module" may be the smallest unit of an integrated component or a part thereof. The "module" may be the smallest unit that performs one or more functions or a part thereof. The "module" may be mechanically or electronically implemented. For example, the "module" according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip, a Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), and a programmable-logic device for performing operations which have been known or are to be developed hereafter.

According to various embodiments, at least a part of a device (for example, modules or functions thereof) or a method (for example, operations) according to the various embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodied by, for example, a command stored in a computer readable storage medium in a form of a programming module. When the command is executed by one or more processors, the one or more processors may perform a function corresponding to the command. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, the memory <NUM>. At least some of the programming modules may be implemented (for example, executed) by, for example, the processor. At least a part of the programming module may include, for example, a module, a program, a routine, a set of instructions and/or a process for performing one or more functions.

The computer readable recording medium may include magnetic media such as a hard disc, a floppy disc, and a magnetic tape, optical media such as a compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and a digital versatile disc (DVD), magneto-optical media such as a floptical disk, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program commands, such as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory. In addition, the program instructions may include high class language codes, which can be executed in a computer by using an interpreter, as well as machine codes made by a compiler. The aforementioned hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules in order to perform the operation of various embodiments of the present disclosure, and vice versa.

A module or a programming module according to the present disclosure may include at least one of the described component elements, a few of the component elements may be omitted, or additional component elements may be included. Operations executed by a module, a programming module, or other component elements according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed sequentially, in parallel, repeatedly, or in a heuristic manner. Further, some operations may be executed according to another order or may be omitted, or other operations may be added.

According to various embodiments, a storage medium storing commands is provided. The commands are configured to allow one or more processors to perform one or more operations when the commands are executed by the one or more processors. The one or more operations may include an operation of transmitting or receiving one or more signals of a first signal corresponding to a first communication network and a second signal corresponding to a second communication network and an operation of, when one or more signals are received, distributing the one or more signals to a first communication control module for processing the first signal and a second communication control module for processing the second signal based on services provided by the electronic device, which correspond to the first signal and the second signal.

An apparatus and a method for providing a communication service according to various embodiments may include a transmission/reception module for simultaneously providing a plurality of communication services (for example, a voice service and a data service) without using an additional antenna, so as to simultaneously provide the plurality of communication services without any increase in antenna volume.

Claim 1:
An electronic device (<NUM>) comprising:
first (<NUM>) and second (<NUM>) antennas configured to simultaneously receive signals of first and second communication networks in overlapping frequency bands, wherein the first communication network is different from the second communication network;
a first communication control module (<NUM>) associated with the first communication network for providing a first service;
a second communication control module (<NUM>) associated with the second communication network for providing a second service;
a divider (<NUM>) configured to, while the first antenna (<NUM>) and the divider (<NUM>) are connected, divide a first signal received by the first antenna (<NUM>) into a first divided signal to be provided to the first communication control module (<NUM>) and a second divided signal to be provided to the second communication control module (<NUM>) by splitting power of the first signal; and
a switch (<NUM>) configured to be connected with the divider (<NUM>), the first communication control module (<NUM>) and the second communication control module (<NUM>), so as to control a connection of the first antenna (<NUM>) according to a service to be provided, wherein the electronic device (<NUM>) is configured to:
when the first service is provided and the second service is not provided, the switch (<NUM>) is configured to connect the first antenna (<NUM>) to the first communication control module (<NUM>) such that the first signal received via the first antenna (<NUM>) is provided to the first communication control module (<NUM>),
and that the first signal is not provided to the second communication control module (<NUM>), and
when the first service is provided and the second service is provided, the switch (<NUM>) is configured to connect the first antenna (<NUM>) to the divider (<NUM>) such that the first divided signal is provided to the first communication control module (<NUM>), and that the second divided signal is provided to the second communication control module (<NUM>),
wherein, when the first service is provided and the second service is not provided, in response to receiving a second signal including a paging signal of the second communication network through the second antenna (<NUM>), the switch (<NUM>) is configured to connect the first antenna (<NUM>) to the second communication control module (<NUM>) or connect the first antenna (<NUM>) to the divider (<NUM>).