Patent ID: 8107890

Claim:
A network managing device comprises: a transceiver operable to: receive a wireless communication request from a requesting wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication request includes identity of a target wireless communication device; convert the wireless communication request into a baseband or near baseband request signal; and a processing module operable to: determine multiple frequency band multiple standard (MFBMS) capabilities of the requesting wireless communication device and the target wireless communication device based on the baseband or near baseband request signal; when the MFBMS capabilities of the requesting wireless communication device and of the target wireless communication device have at least two frequency band standards in common: allocate a communication resource of one of the two frequency band standards for a first communication path from the requesting wireless communication device to the target wireless communication device; and allocate a communication resource of an other one of the two frequency band standards for a second communication path from the target wireless communication device to the requesting wireless communication device.