Patent ID: 8280433

Claim:
A portable information handling system having configurable wireless communication systems, comprising: a chassis having a display; a plurality of different wireless communication modules coupled within the chassis, each wireless communications module being configured to process a different communication protocol, each of the plurality of different wireless communication modules having an identification number; a plurality of antenna modules coupled within the chassis, each antenna module being configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals associated with one or more of the communication protocols, each of the plurality of antenna modules having an identification number; a database configured to use the identification numbers to store operational information associated with each wireless communication module and each antenna module; and control and switching module coupled to the plurality of different wireless communication modules, the plurality of antenna modules and the database, the control and switching module being configured to allocate at least one antenna module for use by each communication module when active, to utilize the identification numbers for the wireless communication modules and the antenna modules to obtain operational information from the database associated with the wireless communication modules and the antenna modules, and to modify communication parameters for the wireless communication modules and the antenna modules based upon the operational information obtained from the database.