Patent ID: 8249647

Claim:
A mobile communication device, comprising: a first PHY layer comprising first circuitry configured to provide any of at least a first plurality of communication services through one or more types of communication networks using at least one of a plurality of performance characteristics; a second PHY layer comprising second circuitry configured, independent of the first PHY layer, to provide at least one communication service through one or more types of communication networks; wherein operation of the first circuitry is optimizable in a first manner for providing a first communication service of the first plurality of communication services through a first type of communication network using at least a first set of the plurality of performance characteristics, and optimizable in a second manner, different from the first manner, for providing a second communication service of the first plurality of communication services through the first type of communication network using at least a second set of the plurality of performance characteristics; wherein operation of the second circuitry is optimizable in a third manner for providing a third communication service of a second plurality of communication services through a second type of communication network, and optimizable in a fourth manner, different from the third manner, for providing a fourth communication service of the second plurality of communication services through the second type of communication network; and a CODEC module, comprising one or more of selectable CODECs or programmable CODECs, communicatively coupled to the first or the second PHY layer, wherein circuitry of the CODEC module is optimizable in accordance with the first or the second plurality of communication services that correspond to respective operations of the CODEC module.