Patent ID: 8116333

Claim:
An apparatus for use in a wireless communication system for communicating with a wireless network, the apparatus comprising: a host processor; a transceiver; a physical interface coupling the host processor and the transceiver; and a memory accessible by the host processor and the transceiver to exchange information between the host processor and the transceiver, the memory having a plurality of banks that include: a first bank to store information being transferred from the host processor to the transceiver, a second bank to store information being transferred from the transceiver to the host processor, the second bank being different than the first bank, to facilitate full-duplex communication of packet data between the host processor and the transceiver, and a third bank, different than the first and second banks, to include audio-video (AV) information registers to store AV information received by the transceiver from one or more devices in the wireless network for access by the host processor upon the transceiver storing a capabilities response message indicating that AV information associated with the one or more devices is available.