Patent ID: 7583937

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving digital control information at a transceiver from a baseband processor along a serial signal line, the digital control information including configuration information to configure the transceiver, event information including event codes to identify actions to be taken by the transceiver and schedule information including schedule codes each to identify timing of a corresponding one of the actions to be taken by the transceiver; storing the digital control information in at least one storage of the transceiver; and operating the transceiver according to the event information and the schedule information, including configuring the transceiver using the configuration information, and performing transmit or receive operations on data, including powering up the transceiver and antenna switching using the event information at times according to schedule codes at a timing pattern relative to receipt of a strobe signal, including performing a modulator control operation in the transceiver according to a first event code at a time relative to a previous operation according to a first schedule code, the first schedule code corresponding to a period of time after the previous operation, and performing a ramp operation in the transceiver according to a second event code at a time according to a second schedule code, wherein the second schedule code corresponds to a predetermined number of clock signals of a system clock of the transceiver after the modulator control operation.