System for and method of hand-off between different communication standards
First Claim
1. An integrated chip for use in processing signals encoded in accordance with either one of at least two communication protocols, comprising:
- reconfigurable architecture capable of being selectively arranged into different configurations, at least one configuration corresponding to each respective protocol so as to implement the functionality of the respective protocol with a predetermined complexity, and an intermediate configuration for implementing the hand-off between a first protocol and a second protocol,wherein the intermediate configuration is arranged so as to simultaneously implement the basic functionality of both the first and second protocols during hand-off, and implementation of at least one of the protocols is of lesser complexity than of the corresponding predetermined complexity associated with separately implementing the other of the protocols.
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Abstract
An integrated chip for use in processing signals encoded in accordance with either one of at least two communication protocols comprises: reconfigurable architecture capable of being selectively arranged into different configurations, at least one configuration corresponding to each respective protocol so as to implement the functionality of the respective protocol with a predetermined complexity, and an intermediate configuration for implementing the hand-off between a first protocol and a second protocol. The intermediate configuration is arranged so as to simultaneously implement the basic functionality of both the first and second protocols during hand-off, and implementation of at least one of the protocols is of lesser complexity than of the corresponding predetermined complexity associated with separately implementing the other of the protocols. A wireless communication device which utilize the chip in the form of configware, can also include an antenna for receiving or transmitting a signal encoded in accordance with anyone of a plurality of communication protocols; and a baseband processor for processing the signals received or transmitted by the antenna. Finally, a method is described.
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22 Claims
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1. An integrated chip for use in processing signals encoded in accordance with either one of at least two communication protocols, comprising:
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reconfigurable architecture capable of being selectively arranged into different configurations, at least one configuration corresponding to each respective protocol so as to implement the functionality of the respective protocol with a predetermined complexity, and an intermediate configuration for implementing the hand-off between a first protocol and a second protocol, wherein the intermediate configuration is arranged so as to simultaneously implement the basic functionality of both the first and second protocols during hand-off, and implementation of at least one of the protocols is of lesser complexity than of the corresponding predetermined complexity associated with separately implementing the other of the protocols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless communication device for use in processing signals encoded in accordance with either one of at least two communication protocols, each defined by a series of algorithms, comprising:
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an antenna for receiving or transmitting a signal encoded in accordance with anyone of a plurality of communication protocols; a baseband processor for processing the signals received or transmitted by the antenna; and configware comprising; reconfigurable architecture capable of being selectively arranged into different configurations, at least one configuration corresponding to each respective protocol so as to implement the functionality of the respective protocol with a predetermined complexity, and an intermediate configuration for implementing the hand-off between a first protocol and a second protocol, wherein the intermediate configuration is arranged so as to simultaneously implement the basic functionality of both the first and second protocols during hand-off, and implementation of at least one of the protocols is of lesser complexity than of the corresponding predetermined complexity associated with separately implementing the other of the protocols. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of manufacturing an integrated chip with an architecture for use in processing signals encoded in accordance with any one of a plurality of communication protocols each defined by a series of algorithms, comprising creating configware so as to include:
reconfigurable architecture capable of being selectively arranged into separate and different configurations, at least one configuration corresponding to each respective protocol so as to implement the functionality of the respective protocol with a predetermined complexity, and an intermediate configuration for implementing the hand-off between one protocol and a second protocol, wherein the intermediate configuration is arranged so as to simultaneously implement the functionality of both the one and second of the protocols during hand-off, at least one being of a lesser complexity than of the corresponding predetermined complexity associated with separately implementing the at least one protocol. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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