Patent ID: 7945290

Claim:
A wireless radio frequency (RF) modem constructed to cooperatively operate with a host computing device having a memory and a central processing unit (“CPU”) for executing a protocol stack software program stored in said memory, said RF modem comprising: a baseband processing unit configured during a receive mode to convert a modulated baseband signal into a plurality of bits of data, such that said host computing device's CPU operating under the control of said protocol stack software program is enabled to separate protocol data and true data from said bits of data said baseband processing unit further configured during said transmit mode to convert said plurality of bits of data including said protocol data and said true data into said modulated baseband signal; and an interface coupled to said baseband processing unit and configured to physically couple said RF modem to said host computing device said interface feeding said bits of data from said baseband processing unit to said host computing device during said receive mode and for feeding said bits of data from said host computing device to said baseband processing unit during said transmit mode.