Integrated circuit with contemporaneous transmission and reception of realtime and non-realtime data and methods for use therewith

• US 20080207140A1
• Filed: 02/26/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rofougaran, Ahmadreza (Reza)
• Application Number:
  US11/710,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20080207140A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/91
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes

Abstract

A voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) includes an RF transmitter that generates a transmit signal contemporaneously containing both outbound realtime data and outbound non-realtime data. The integrated circuit optionally includes an RF receiver that contemporaneously generates both outbound realtime data and outbound non-realtime data from a received signal.

Claims

1. A voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) comprising:

an RF transmitter, that generates a transmit signal that contemporaneously contains both outbound realtime data and outbound non-realtime data.

2. The voice data and RF IC of claim 1 wherein the RF transmitter includes:

a transmitter processing module that frequency division multiplexes the outbound realtime data and the outbound non-realtime data to form a frequency multiplexed signal;

an up conversion module, coupled to the transmitter processing module, that upconverts the frequency multiplexed signal into an up-converted signal; and

a radio transmitter front-end, coupled to the up conversion module, that generates the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

3. The voice data and RF IC of claim 1 wherein the RF transmitter includes:

a transmitter processing module that modulates the outbound realtime data with the outbound non-realtime data to form a modulated signal;

an up conversion module, coupled to the transmitter processing module, that upconverts the modulated signal into an up-converted signal; and

a radio transmitter front-end, coupled to the up conversion module, that generates the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

4. The voice data and RF IC of claim 1 wherein the RF transmitter includes:

a transmitter processing module that inserts packets of outbound non-realtime data into frames of outbound realtime data to form a packetized signal;

an up conversion module, coupled to the transmitter processing module, that upconverts the packetized signal into an up-converted signal; and

a radio transmitter front-end, coupled to the up conversion module, that generates the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

5. The voice data and RF IC of claim 1 further comprising:

an RF receiver that contemporaneously generates both inbound realtime data and inbound non-realtime data from a received signal.

6. The voice data and RF IC of claim 5 wherein the RF receiver includes:

an RF front-end that generates a desired RF signal from the received signal;

a down conversion module, coupled to the RF front-end, that converts the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

a receiver processing module that frequency demultiplexes the down converted signal to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

7. The voice data and RF IC of claim 5 wherein the RF receiver includes:

an RF front-end that generates a desired RF signal from the received signal;

a down conversion module, coupled to the RF front-end, that converts the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

a receiver processing module that demodulates the down converted signal to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

8. The voice data and RF IC of claim 5 wherein the RF receiver includes:

an RF front-end that generates a desired RF signal from the received signal;

a down conversion module, coupled to the RF front-end, that converts the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

a receiver processing module that depacketizes realtime data frames to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

9. The voice data and RF IC of claim 1 wherein the outbound realtime data includes voice data.

14. The voice data and RF IC of claim 1 further comprising:

an RF transmitter, that generates a transmit signal that contemporaneously contains both outbound realtime data and outbound non-realtime data.

15. The voice data and RF IC of claim 14 wherein the RF transmitter includes:

a transmitter processing module that frequency division multiplexes the outbound realtime data and the outbound non-realtime data to form a frequency multiplexed signal;

an up conversion module, coupled to the transmitter processing module, that upconverts the frequency multiplexed signal into an up-converted signal; and

a radio transmitter front-end, coupled to the up conversion module, that generates the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

16. The voice data and RF IC of claim 14 wherein the RF transmitter includes:

a transmitter processing module that modulates the outbound realtime data with the outbound non-realtime data to form a modulated signal;

an up conversion module, coupled to the transmitter processing module, that upconverts the modulated signal into an up-converted signal; and

a radio transmitter front-end, coupled to the up conversion module, that generates the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

17. The voice data and RF IC of claim 14 wherein the RF transmitter includes:

a transmitter processing module that inserts packets of outbound non-realtime data into frames of outbound realtime data to form a packetized signal;

an up conversion module, coupled to the transmitter processing module, that upconverts the packetized signal into an up-converted signal; and

a radio transmitter front-end, coupled to the up conversion module, that generates the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

10. A voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) comprising:

an RF receiver that contemporaneously generates both inbound realtime data and inbound non-realtime data from a received signal.

11. The voice data and RF IC of claim 10 wherein the RF receiver includes:

an RF front-end that generates a desired RF signal from the received signal;

a down conversion module, coupled to the RF front-end, that converts the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

a receiver processing module that frequency demultiplexes the down converted signal to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

12. The voice data and RF IC of claim 10 wherein the RF receiver includes:

an RF front-end that generates a desired RF signal from the received signal;

a down conversion module, coupled to the RF front-end, that converts the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

a receiver processing module that demodulates the down converted signal to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

13. The voice data and RF IC of claim 10 wherein the RF receiver includes:

an RF front-end that generates a desired RF signal from the received signal;

a down conversion module, coupled to the RF front-end, that converts the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

a receiver processing module that depacketizes realtime data frames to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

18. The voice data and RF IC of claim 10 wherein the inbound realtime data includes voice data.

19. A method for use in a voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC), the method comprising:

generating a transmit signal that contemporaneously contains both outbound realtime data and outbound non-realtime data.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the step of transmitting includes:

frequency division multiplexing the outbound realtime data and the outbound non-realtime data to form a frequency multiplexed signal;

upconverting the frequency multiplexed signal into an up-converted signal; and

generating the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein the step of transmitting includes:

modulating the outbound realtime data with the outbound non-realtime data to form a modulated signal;

upconverting the modulated signal into an up-converted signal; and

generating the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

22. The method of claim 19 wherein the step of transmitting includes:

inserting packets of outbound non-realtime data into frames of outbound realtime data to form a packetized signal;

upconverting the packetized signal into an up-converted signal; and

generating the transmit signal based on the up-converted signal.

23. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

contemporaneously generating both inbound realtime data and inbound non-realtime data from a received signal.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein the step of contemporaneously generating includes:

generating a desired RF signal from the received signal;

down converting the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

demultiplexing the down converted signal to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

25. The method of claim 23 wherein the step of contemporaneously generating includes:

generating a desired RF signal from the received signal;

down converting the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

demodulating the down converted signal to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

26. The method of claim 23 wherein the step of contemporaneously generating includes:

generating a desired RF signal from the received signal;

down converting the desired RF signal to form a down converted signal; and

depacketizing realtime data frames to generate the inbound realtime data and the inbound non-realtime data.

27. The method of claim 23 wherein the outbound realtime data includes voice data.