Interoperability improvement between receivers and transmitters in a mobile station
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1. A mobile station comprising:
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at least one second antenna;
a receiver coupled to the first antenna, the receiver comprising first control logic adapted to generate a notification of the receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band, a transmitter coupled to the at least one second antenna and the receiver, the transmitter communicating radio frequency (RF) signals in a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands over an RF transmit path to the at least one second antenna, the transmitter comprising;
second control logic;
at least one filter; and
at least one switch coupled to the RF transmit path, the at least one filter, and the second control logic, the at least one switch adapted to modify the RF transmit path to couple a given one of the at least one filters to or decouple the given filter from the RF transmit path, wherein the second control logic is responsive to the notification to cause the at least one switch to modify the RF transmit path to couple the given filter to the RF transmit path.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for improving the interoperability of transmitters and receivers in a mobile station. Certain exemplary techniques involve performing filtering in a transmitter in response to a notification that a receiver is able to receive a reception frequency band. Other exemplary techniques involve changing one or more inputs of one or more devices in a receiver in response to a transmission by a transmitter. Still other exemplary techniques are disclosed.
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1. A mobile station comprising:
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a first antenna;
at least one second antenna;
a receiver coupled to the first antenna, the receiver comprising first control logic adapted to generate a notification of the receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band, a transmitter coupled to the at least one second antenna and the receiver, the transmitter communicating radio frequency (RF) signals in a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands over an RF transmit path to the at least one second antenna, the transmitter comprising;
second control logic;
at least one filter; and
at least one switch coupled to the RF transmit path, the at least one filter, and the second control logic, the at least one switch adapted to modify the RF transmit path to couple a given one of the at least one filters to or decouple the given filter from the RF transmit path, wherein the second control logic is responsive to the notification to cause the at least one switch to modify the RF transmit path to couple the given filter to the RF transmit path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. In a mobile station comprising a first antenna and at least one second antenna, a method for operating a transmitter coupled to the at least one second antenna in combination with a receiver coupled to the first antenna, comprising:
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generating a notification of the receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band from the first antenna;
modifying, in response to the notification, a radio frequency (RF) transmit path to couple a given one of at least one filters to or decouple the given filter from the RF transmit path; and
transmitting information in a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands and through the modified RF transmit path to the at least one second antenna.
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44. A signal bearing medium comprising a program of machine-readable instructions executable by an apparatus to perform operations for operating a transmitter coupled to at least one second antenna in combination with a receiver coupled to a first antenna, the operations comprising the steps of:
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generating a notification of the receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band from the first antenna;
modifying, in response to the notification, a radio frequency (RF) transmit path to couple a given one of at least one filters to or decouple the given filter from the RF transmit path; and
transmitting information in a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands and through the modified RF transmit path to the at least one second antenna.
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45. A mobile station comprising:
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a first antenna;
a second antenna;
a transmitter coupled to the first antenna, the transmitter comprising first control logic adapted to generate a notification of a transmission to the first antenna, the transmission using a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands; and
a receiver coupled to the second antenna and to the transmitter, the receiver comprising second control logic and a plurality of devices, the second control logic adapted to control the plurality of devices to receive information in a reception frequency band from the second antenna, the second control logic responsive to the notification to modify at least one input used by at least a given one of the devices, the second control logic further adapted to control the at least one given device and the rest of the plurality of devices to receive given information, the reception of the given information occurring for at least some time period while the transmitter transmits in the at least one transmission frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. In a mobile station comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, a method for operating a transmitter coupled to the first antenna in combination with a receiver coupled to the second antenna, comprising:
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generating a notification of a transmission to the first antenna, the transmission using a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands; and
modifying, in response to the notification, at least one input used by at least a given one of a plurality of devices in the receiver; and
receiving, using the at least one given device and the rest of the plurality of devices, information in a second frequency band from the second antenna, the reception occurring for at least some time period while the transmitter transmits in the at least one transmission frequency band.
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69. A signal bearing medium comprising a program of machine-readable instructions executable by an apparatus to perform operations for operating a transmitter coupled to a first antenna in combination with a receiver coupled to a second antenna, the operations comprising the steps of:
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generating a notification of a transmission to the first antenna, the transmission using a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands; and
modifying, in response to the notification, at least one input used by at least a given one of a plurality of devices in the receiver; and
receiving, using the at least one given device and the rest of the plurality of devices, information in a second frequency band from the second antenna, the reception occurring for at least some time period while the transmitter transmits in the at least one transmission frequency band.
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