Patent ID: 7327700

Claim:
A wireless communications receiver for the reception of data over a plurality n of simultaneous wireless sessions, each said wireless session able to resolve simultaneously received symbols forming a packet from the symbols of any other said wireless session, said receiver comprising: a plurality said n of analog receivers, each receiver comprising an antenna, an analog front end, and an automatic gain control amplifier, each analog receiver producing an IF output in digital format and responsive to one of each said n sessions; a multiplexer having a plurality said n of inputs and a single output, each said input coupled to one of said analog receivers, said multiplexer single output generating, in succession, a digital signal from each of said n sessions forming a canonical data stream; a multiplexed receive PHY having an input coupled to said multiplexer single output, said multiplexed receive PHY comprising a plurality of processing elements, each said processing element having a plurality said n of context storages, one said context storage for each said wireless session, said receive PHY producing an output comprising canonical PHY data from each said n sessions in sequence; a multiplexed MAC comprising n said MAC processors, each said MAC processor responsive uniquely to said PHY data in sequence presented by each of said n sessions.