Patent ID: 7929939

Claim:
A radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a first radio frequency (RF) section; a second RF section; a first physical layer (PHY) processing module; a second PHY processing module; a first upper layers processing module; a second upper layers processing module; a memory interface for coupling to memory; and a bus structure coupled to the memory, the first and second PHY processing modules, and to the first and second upper layers processing modules, wherein, when the RFIC is in a first receive mode: the first RF section converts a first inbound RF signal into a first inbound symbol stream in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol; the first PHY processing module converts the first inbound symbol stream into first inbound data in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol; the memory stores the first inbound data; the first upper layers processing module retrieves the first inbound data from memory and converts the first inbound data into a first inbound signal; the memory stores the first inbound signal; and the first PHY processing module retrieves the first inbound signal from the memory and converts the first inbound signal into a first inbound analog signal; and when the RFIC is in a second receive mode: the second RF section converts a second inbound RF signal into a second inbound symbol stream in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol; the second PHY processing module converts the second inbound symbol stream into second inbound data in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol; the memory stores the second inbound data; the second upper layers processing module retrieves the second inbound data from memory and converts the second inbound data into a second inbound signal; the memory stores the second inbound signal; and the first PHY processing module retrieves the second inbound signal from the memory and converts the second inbound signal into a second inbound analog signal.