Patent ID: 7809049

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a baseband processing module coupled to: convert an outbound voice signal into an outbound voice symbol stream; convert an inbound voice symbol stream into an inbound voice signal; convert outbound data into an outbound data symbol stream; convert an inbound data symbol stream into inbound data; convert outbound image/video data into an outbound image/video symbol stream; and convert an inbound image/video symbol stream into inbound image/video data; a radio frequency (RF) section coupled to: convert an inbound RF voice signal into the inbound voice symbol stream; convert the outbound voice symbol stream into an outbound RF voice signal; convert an inbound RF data signal into the inbound data symbol stream; convert the outbound data symbol stream into an outbound RF data signal; convert an inbound RF image/video signal into the inbound image/video symbol stream; and convert the outbound image/video symbol stream into an outbound RF image/video signal; and an interface module coupled to: convey the inbound voice symbol stream and the outbound voice symbol stream between the baseband processing module and the RF section; convey the inbound data symbol stream and the outbound data symbol stream between the baseband processing module and the RF section; and convey the inbound image/video symbol stream and the outbound image/video symbol stream between the baseband processing module and the RF section.