Multi-radio wireless communication device and method for coordinating communications between potentially interfering radios
First Claim
1. A method for communicating using a multi-radio wireless communication device having a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) radio module and a Bluetooth (BT) radio module, the method comprising:
- asserting a WiMax active signal by a coexist controller of the WiMax radio module during receipt of a downlink subframe;
aligning, by the BT radio module, a BT slot boundary of either master-to-slave or slave-to-master slot based on timing information conveyed by the WiMax active signal; and
de-asserting the WiMax active signal by the coexist controller during transmission of an uplink subframe by the WiMax radio module.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a multi-radio wireless communication device having a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) radio module and a Bluetooth (BT) radio module and methods for communicating are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a WiMax active signal is asserted by a coexist controller of the WiMax radio module during receipt of a downlink subframe, and the BT radio module aligns a BT slot boundary of either master-to-slave or slave-to-master slot based on timing information conveyed by the WiMax active signal. The WiMax active signal may be de-asserted by the coexist controller during transmission of an uplink subframe by the WiMax radio module.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for communicating using a multi-radio wireless communication device having a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) radio module and a Bluetooth (BT) radio module, the method comprising:
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asserting a WiMax active signal by a coexist controller of the WiMax radio module during receipt of a downlink subframe; aligning, by the BT radio module, a BT slot boundary of either master-to-slave or slave-to-master slot based on timing information conveyed by the WiMax active signal; and de-asserting the WiMax active signal by the coexist controller during transmission of an uplink subframe by the WiMax radio module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A multi-radio wireless communication device comprising a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) radio module and a Bluetooth (BT) radio module, wherein the WiMax radio module includes a coexist controller that is configured to assert a WiMax active signal during receipt of a downlink subframe,
wherein the BT radio module is configured to align a BT slot boundary of either master-to-slave or slave-to-master slot based on timing information conveyed by the WiMax active signal, and wherein the coexist controller is configured to de-assert the WiMax active signal by the coexist controller during transmission of an uplink subframe by the WiMax radio module.
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25. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform the following operations for communicating using a multi-radio wireless communication device having a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) radio module and a Bluetooth (BT) radio module, the operations comprising:
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asserting a WiMax active signal by a coexist controller of the WiMax radio module during receipt of a downlink subframe; aligning, by the BT radio module, a BT slot boundary of either master-to-slave or slave-to-master slot based on timing information conveyed by the WiMax active signal or a frame sync signal; and de-asserting the WiMax active signal by the coexist controller during transmission of an uplink subframe by the WiMax radio module. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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