WLAN DEVICE WITH AUXILIARY RECEIVER CHAIN
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1. A method, comprising:
- in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) device, communicating on a given communication channel using one or more primary transmission/reception (TX/RX) chains;
concurrently with communicating on the given communication channel using the primary TX/RX chains, evaluating signal activity on one or more alternative communication channels using an auxiliary reception (RX) chain whose hardware is partially shared with one of the primary TX/RX chains.
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Abstract
A method includes, in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) device, communicating on a given communication channel using one or more primary transmission/reception (TX/RX) chains. Concurrently with communicating on the given communication channel using the primary TX/RX chains, signal activity is evaluated on one or more alternative communication channels using an auxiliary reception (RX) chain whose hardware is partially shared with one of the primary TX/RX chains.
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1. A method, comprising:
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in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) device, communicating on a given communication channel using one or more primary transmission/reception (TX/RX) chains; concurrently with communicating on the given communication channel using the primary TX/RX chains, evaluating signal activity on one or more alternative communication channels using an auxiliary reception (RX) chain whose hardware is partially shared with one of the primary TX/RX chains. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) device, comprising:
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one or more primary transmission/reception (TX/RX) chains, which are configured to communicate on a given communication channel; an auxiliary reception (RX) chain, having hardware that is partially shared with one of the primary TX/RX chains; and a control unit, which is configured to evaluate using the auxiliary RX chain signal activity on one or more alternative communication channels, concurrently with communication on the given communication channel using the primary TX/RX chains. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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