Patent ID: 8010149

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a radio frequency (RF) section coupled to: convert an outbound symbol stream into an outbound RF signal; and convert an inbound RF signal into an inbound symbol stream; and a first processing module coupled to: convert outbound data into the outbound symbol stream and convert the inbound symbol stream into inbound data in accordance with a physical layer of a communication stack of a wireless communication protocol; and a second processing module coupled to: convert the inbound data into an inbound signal and convert an outbound signal into the outbound data in accordance with remaining layers of the communication stack; and a third processing module coupled to: perform at least one user application that processes at least one of the inbound signal and the outbound signal; perform an operating system algorithm to coordinate the operation of the at least one user application; and wherein the third processing module is placed in a low power mode after a wireless communication is established pursuant to the wireless communication protocol.