Patent ID: 8521222

Claim:
A multiservice communication device comprising: a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols; a control channel transceiver that transceives control channel data with a remote management unit including local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit, wherein the remote management unit is coupled to receive network resource data from the plurality of networks and generates the remote control data based on the local control data and the network resource data from the plurality of networks; and a processing module, coupled to the plurality of transceivers and the control channel transceiver, that processes the remote control data and generates at least a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data; wherein the plurality of transceivers includes at least one cognitive radio transceiver that is configured based on cognitive transceiver configuration data received via the control channel data.