ADAPTIVE DUAL BAND MIMO WI-FI APPARATUS, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An adaptive dual band Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) apparatus, comprising:
- an application processor controlling wireless communications according to a service mode, determined depending on an communications environment and a state of a connection target communications device;
an interface unit transmitting data and a control signal from the application processor;
a first dual band wireless communications unit performing wireless communications using at least one of a first band and a second band according to controlling by the application processor;
a second dual band wireless communications unit operating of which is determined according to controlling by the application processor, performing wireless communications using at least one of the first band and the second band upon being operated;
a first selecting unit providing a first path between the first dual band wireless communications unit and a first antenna and providing a second path between the second dual band wireless communications unit and the first antenna; and
a second selecting unit providing a first path between the second dual band wireless communications unit and the second antenna and providing a second path between the first dual band wireless communications unit and the second antenna.
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Abstract
An adaptive dual band Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) apparatus may include an application processor, an interface unit transmitting data and a control signal from the application processor, a first dual band wireless communications unit performing wireless communications using at least one of a first band and a second band; a second dual band wireless communications unit performing wireless communications using at least one of the first band and the second band upon being operated, a first selecting unit providing a first path between the first dual band wireless communications unit and a first antenna and providing a second path between the second dual band wireless communications unit and the first antenna, and a second selecting unit providing a first path between the second dual band wireless communications unit and the second antenna and providing a second path between the first dual band wireless communications unit and the second antenna.
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20 Claims
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1. An adaptive dual band Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) apparatus, comprising:
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an application processor controlling wireless communications according to a service mode, determined depending on an communications environment and a state of a connection target communications device; an interface unit transmitting data and a control signal from the application processor; a first dual band wireless communications unit performing wireless communications using at least one of a first band and a second band according to controlling by the application processor; a second dual band wireless communications unit operating of which is determined according to controlling by the application processor, performing wireless communications using at least one of the first band and the second band upon being operated; a first selecting unit providing a first path between the first dual band wireless communications unit and a first antenna and providing a second path between the second dual band wireless communications unit and the first antenna; and a second selecting unit providing a first path between the second dual band wireless communications unit and the second antenna and providing a second path between the first dual band wireless communications unit and the second antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An adaptive dual band Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) apparatus, comprising:
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an application processor controlling wireless communications according to a service mode, determined depending on an communications environment and a state of a connection target communications device; an interface unit transmitting data and a control signal from the application processor; a first dual band wireless communications unit enabled to operate according to controlling by the application processor, operated by being synchronized with one of a rising edge and a falling edge of a preset system clock signal, and performing wireless communications using at least one of the first band and the second band; a second dual band wireless communications unit enabled to operate according to controlling by the application processor, operated by being synchronized with the other of the rising edge and the falling edge of the system clock signal, and performing wireless communications using at least one of the first band and the second band; a first selecting unit providing a first path between the first dual band wireless communications unit and a first antenna and providing a second path between the second dual band wireless communications unit and the first antenna; and a second selecting unit providing a first path between the second dual band wireless communications unit and the second antenna and providing a second path between the first dual band wireless communications unit and the second antenna. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An operating method of an adaptive dual band Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) apparatus, the method comprising:
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collecting, by an application processor, information on surrounding communications device states for communication and a communications environment through a first dual band wireless communications unit; determining, by the application processor, whether or not a concurrent connection to two communications devices is possible based on the collected information; determining whether or not a dual band connection of a connection target communications device is possible when the concurrent connection to the two communications devices is possible; determining whether or not a MIMO operation of the connection target communications device is possible when the concurrent connection to the two communications devices is not possible or the dual band connection of the connection target communications device is not possible; and performing, by the application processor, communications in one of a single mode, a dual mode, and a MIMO mode using at least one of the first and second dual band wireless communications units by sharing channel information with the connection target communications device according the determination result. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An operating method of an adaptive dual band Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) apparatus, the method comprising:
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collecting, by an application processor, information on surrounding communications device states for communication and a communications environment through a first dual band wireless communications unit; determining, by the application processor, whether or not a concurrent connection to two communications devices is possible based on the collected information; determining whether or not a dual band connection of a connection target communications device is possible when the concurrent connection to the two communications devices is possible; determining whether or not a MIMO operation of the connection target communications device is possible when the concurrent connection to the two communications devices is not possible or the dual band connection of the connection target communications device is not possible; and performing, by the application processor, communications in one of a single mode, a dual mode, and a MIMO mode using at least one of the first and second dual band wireless communications units by sharing channel information with the connection target communications device according the determination result, wherein when the application processor performs the communications in the dual mode, the first and second dual band wireless communications units are operated by being synchronized with different edges of a rising edge and a falling edge of a preset system clock signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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