MULTI-NETWORK SHARED PHY LAYER
First Claim
1. A physical (“
- PHY”
) layer signal processing circuit for utilization in a communication system, the PHY layer signal processing circuit comprising;
a PHY layer signal processing module that operates primarily to perform a PHY layer signal processing operation on an input PHY layer signal, where the PHY layer signal processing module operates to, at least;
receive the input PHY layer signal;
if the received input PHY layer signal is associated with a first communication protocol, then;
perform the PHY layer signal processing operation on the received input PHY layer signal by operating in a first operating mode, the first operating mode associated with performing the PHY layer signal processing operation on a PHY layer signal associated with the first communication protocol; and
output the processed PHY layer signal; and
if the received input PHY layer signal is associated with a second communication protocol, different from the first communication protocol, then;
perform the PHY layer signal processing operation on the received input PHY layer signal by operating in a second operating mode, the second operating mode different from the first operating mode and associated with performing the PHY layer signal processing operation on a PHY layer signal associated with the second communication protocol; and
output the processed PHY layer signal.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing PHY layer signal processing in a PHY layer signal processing circuit, at least portions of which may be shared for communication with a plurality of different types of communication networks. Various aspects of the present invention may, for example and without limitation, provide a PHY layer signal processing module that operates to perform a PHY layer signal processing operation on an input PHY layer signal. The PHY layer signal processing module may, for example, operate in a first operating mode to process the input PHY layer signal in a first manner in accordance with a first communication protocol. The PHY layer signal processing module may also, for example, operate in a second operating mode to process the input PHY layer signal in a second manner in accordance with a second communication protocol.
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28 Claims
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1. A physical (“
- PHY”
) layer signal processing circuit for utilization in a communication system, the PHY layer signal processing circuit comprising;a PHY layer signal processing module that operates primarily to perform a PHY layer signal processing operation on an input PHY layer signal, where the PHY layer signal processing module operates to, at least; receive the input PHY layer signal; if the received input PHY layer signal is associated with a first communication protocol, then; perform the PHY layer signal processing operation on the received input PHY layer signal by operating in a first operating mode, the first operating mode associated with performing the PHY layer signal processing operation on a PHY layer signal associated with the first communication protocol; and output the processed PHY layer signal; and if the received input PHY layer signal is associated with a second communication protocol, different from the first communication protocol, then; perform the PHY layer signal processing operation on the received input PHY layer signal by operating in a second operating mode, the second operating mode different from the first operating mode and associated with performing the PHY layer signal processing operation on a PHY layer signal associated with the second communication protocol; and output the processed PHY layer signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a PHY layer signal processing circuit of a communication system, a method for performing PHY layer signal processing on a PHY layer signal, the method comprising:
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receiving an input PHY layer signal at a first PHY layer signal processing module that operates primarily to perform a first PHY layer signal processing operation on an input PHY layer signal; if the received input PHY layer signal is associated with a first communication protocol, then processing, at the first PHY layer signal processing module, the received input PHY layer signal in a first manner by, at least in part, operating the first PHY layer signal processing module in a first operating mode; and if the received input PHY layer signal is associated with a second communication protocol, different from the first communication protocol, then processing, at the first PHY layer signal processing module, the received input PHY layer signal in a second manner different from the first manner by, at least in part, operating the first PHY layer signal processing module in a second operating mode different from the first operating mode; and outputting the processed PHY layer signal from the first PHY layer signal processing module. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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