Patent ID: 8897719

Claim:
A method for initializing a transceiver that is part of an apparatus for use in a wireless communication system for communicating with WirelessHD devices in a wireless network, where the apparatus comprises 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 via the interface to exchange information between the host processor and the transceiver via the interface, the initialization method comprising: resetting the transceiver by initializing internal hardware and software subsystems of the transceiver; determining if the transceiver is ready for use after resetting based on a status of a register within the memory; the transceiver entering a configuration state to configure the transceiver if determined ready for use; configuring the transceiver, such that the transceiver is configured as part of initialization; and after configuration, the transceiver entering a wait enable state during which the transceiver waits for its wireless interface to be enabled before wireless operation of the transceiver becomes active; prior to the transceiver being visible on the wireless network, the transceiver receiving an indication that host processor capabilities information is available in the memory; responsive to receiving the indication that the host processor capabilities information is available, the transceiver accessing the memory to obtain the host processor capabilities information; and the transceiver parsing fields in the host processor capabilities information; and the transceiver making itself visible on the wireless network by advertising the host process capabilities.