Patent ID: 7526303

Claim:
A system, comprising: an antenna; a radio management module to connect to said antenna, said radio management module to comprise: a set of application modules 1-M a set of radios 1-N; a power management module to connect to said application modules 1-M and said radios 1-N, said power management module to receive a request for a data connection from one of said application modules 1-M, select a data connection radio from said set of radios 1-N in accordance with a radio selection policy, and establish said data connection using said data connection radio, wherein said radio selection policy comprises a set of rules to select said data connection radio based on a minimum bandwidth requirement for said application modules 1-M; and a power source interface to connect to said power management module, said power source interface to indicate a connection to an external power source or an internal power source, wherein said power management module selects said data connection radio using a set of radio bandwidth values corresponding to said radios 1-N if said power source interface indicates a connection to an external power source, and a set of radio power cost values corresponding to said radios 1-N if said power source interface indicates a connection to an internal power source.