Patent ID: 8798552

Claim:
A reconfigurable wireless transceiver, comprising: a first receiver unit coupled to a first antenna and operable to receive over the first antenna a first signal in a first communication mode from a first base station antenna; a second receiver unit coupled to a second antenna and operable to search a plurality of communication modes for a second signal from a second base station antenna received over the second antenna, detect the second signal, and determine a strength level and communication mode of the detected second signal; a transmitter unit coupled to the first antenna and operable to send an acknowledgement message to the second base station antenna over the first antenna in response to the reception and detection of the second signal received over the second antenna; and a processing unit coupled to the first and second receiver units and the transmitter unit, the processing unit operable to determine if the strength level of the detected second signal is greater than a first predetermined value, and, while the first receiver unit receives the first signal, enable the second receiver unit to receive a third signal from the second base station antenna in the communication mode of the detected second signal if the strength level of the detected second signal is greater than the first predetermined value and if a bandwidth of the detected second signal is greater than a second predetermined value, the third signal comprising data associated with over-the-air programming to reconfigure the wireless transceiver; wherein the first and second receiver units and the transmitter unit are disposed within a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) and the first and second antennas and the processing unit are disposed outside of the RFIC, and wherein the first communication mode is different than the communication mode of the detected second signal.