Patent ID: 8005504

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus having wireless communication functions conforming to incompatible first and second communication standards, wherein the first communication standard is IEEE802.11 and the second communication standard is Bluetooth communication, the wireless communication apparatus comprising: a first transceiver that performs a wireless communication operation conforming to the first communication standard and that includes a first transmission/reception port for inputting and outputting transmission and reception signals; a second transceiver that performs a wireless communication operation conforming to the second communication standard and that includes a second transmission/reception port for inputting and outputting transmission and reception signals; a shared antenna shared by the first and the second transceivers for transmission and reception; an antenna connecting unit that connects the shared antenna and the first and the second transmission/reception ports; and a control unit that controls the communication operations in the first and the second transceivers such that the first and the second transceivers operate simultaneously, wherein the antenna connecting unit: (i) equally distributes reception power of a reception signal in the shared antenna to the first and the second transmission/reception ports, (ii) distributes first transmission power of a first transmission signal from the first transmission/reception port to the shared antenna and the second transmission/reception port, wherein the second transmission/reception port is isolated from the first transmission power of the first transmission signal distributed from the first transmission/reception port resulting from cancellation of the first transmission power of the first transmission signal, and (iii) distributes second transmission power of a second transmission signal from the second transmission/reception port to the shared antenna and the first transmission/reception port, wherein the first transmission/reception port is isolated from the second transmission power of the second transmission signal distributed from the second transmission/reception port resulting from cancellation of the second transmission power of the second transmission signal.