Patent ID: 8369388

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) radio module, including a plurality of transmitter and receiver units; a MIMO digital signal processing (DSP) module; a host processor interface that interfaces between said MIMO DSP module and a host processor; and a plurality of radio control signal bundles that connect said MIMO DSP module and said MIMO radio module, said plurality of radio control signal bundles including, a plurality of transmit radio control signal bundles, each of said transmit radio control signal bundles dedicated to a respective transmitter unit of said MIMO radio module and comprising transmit control signal lines, wherein said respective transmitter unit includes a first plurality of stages including a frequency-up conversion stage and a first gain amplification stage, and wherein each of said transmit control signal lines is dedicated to control a respective stage of the first plurality of stages of said respective transmitter unit; a plurality of receive radio control signal bundles, each of said receive radio control signal bundles dedicated to a respective receiver unit of said MIMO radio module and comprising receive control signal lines, wherein said respective receiver unit includes a second plurality of stages including a frequency down-conversion stage and a second gain amplification stage, and wherein each of said receive control signal lines is dedicated to control a respective stage of the second plurality of stages of said respective receiver unit; wherein said transmit and receive control signal lines enable said MIMO DSP module to control simultaneously any number of said first plurality of stages and second plurality of stages of said respective transmitter and receiver units.