RECONFIGURABLE MULTI-CHIP PROCESSING PLATFORM FOR CONCURRENT AGGREGATION OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
First Claim
1. A communications device comprising:
- a plurality of baseband processing chips;
a plurality of Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) chips; and
a first multiplexer, communicatively coupled with the plurality of baseband processing chips and configured to;
selectively couple a first baseband processing chip with a first UICC module to establish a first connection; and
selectively couple a second baseband processing chip with a second UICC module to establish a second connection operable concurrently with the first connection.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing a reconfigurable multi-chip WWAN processing platform on a communications device. The processing platform allows the device to access multiple WWANs and multiple WWAN technologies concurrently. A first multiplexer is communicatively coupled with a number of baseband processing chips. A first baseband processing chip is selectively coupled with a first transceiver and a first UICC module to establish a first connection. A second baseband processing chip is selectively coupled with a second transceiver and a second UICC module to establish a second connection operable concurrently with the first connection. A multiplexer controller performs a configurable search for available networks. One or more networks are selected. The controller selects a specific transceiver for each selected network based on the capabilities of the transceiver. Baseband processing chips that consume less power serve as proxies for other baseband processing chips that consume more power.
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42 Claims
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1. A communications device comprising:
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a plurality of baseband processing chips; a plurality of Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) chips; and a first multiplexer, communicatively coupled with the plurality of baseband processing chips and configured to; selectively couple a first baseband processing chip with a first UICC module to establish a first connection; and selectively couple a second baseband processing chip with a second UICC module to establish a second connection operable concurrently with the first connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for establishing a reconfigurable multi-chip WWAN processing platform, the method comprising:
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communicatively coupling a first multiplexer with a plurality of baseband processing chips; selectively coupling a first baseband processing chip with a first Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) module to establish a first connection; and selectively coupling a second baseband processing chip with a second UICC module to establish a second connection operable concurrently with the first connection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for establishing a reconfigurable multi-chip WWAN processing platform, the system comprising:
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means for communicatively coupling a first multiplexer with a plurality of baseband processing chips; means for selectively coupling a first baseband processing chip with a first Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) module to establish a first connection; and means for selectively coupling a second baseband processing chip with a second UICC module to establish a second connection operable concurrently with the first connection. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer program product for establishing a reconfigurable multi-chip WWAN processing platform, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising; code for communicatively coupling a first multiplexer with a plurality of baseband processing chips; code for selectively coupling a first baseband processing chip with a first Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) module to establish a first connection; and code for selectively coupling a second baseband processing chip with a second UICC module to establish a second connection operable concurrently with the first connection. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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