System and method providing signal combining to support multimode communication
First Claim
1. A multimode communication system, comprising:
- at least a first module comprising circuitry, the first module being operable to, at least;
generate a first baseband wireless signal corresponding to a first wireless communication protocol; and
generate a second baseband wireless signal corresponding to a second wireless communication protocol different from the first wireless communication protocol, the second baseband wireless signal characterized by a baseband frequency bandwidth of the second baseband wireless signal; and
at least a second module comprising circuitry, the second module being operable to, at least;
receive the first baseband wireless signal;
receive the second baseband wireless signal;
spectrally shift an in-phase (I) component of the received first baseband wireless signal to a frequency space beyond the baseband frequency bandwidth, the spectral shift including mixing the I component and quadrature phase (Q) component of the first baseband wireless signal with respective I and Q components of a mixing signal;
spectrally shift the Q component of the received first baseband wireless signal to the same frequency space beyond the baseband frequency bandwidth, the spectral shift including mixing the I and Q components of the first baseband wireless signal with respective Q and I components of the mixing signal; and
generate a composite wireless signal comprising, at an instant in time, an I composite component and a Q composite component, each composite component including a first component based on the spectrally-shifted first baseband wireless signal, and a second component based on the second baseband wireless signal that has not been spectrally-shifted.
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Abstract
A system and method providing signal combining to support multimode communication. Various aspects of the present invention may provide a first input adapted to receive a first baseband signal corresponding to a first communication protocol. A second input may be provided, which is adapted to receive a second baseband signal corresponding to a second communication protocol. A spectral placement module may, for example, be adapted to spectrally shift the first baseband signal. For example, the spectral placement module may be adapted to spectrally shift the first baseband signal to one or more frequency bands substantially distinct from one or more frequency bands associated with the second baseband signal. The spectrally shifted first baseband signal and the second baseband signal, which may also be spectrally shifted, may then be combined to form a composite signal.
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36 Claims
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1. A multimode communication system, comprising:
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at least a first module comprising circuitry, the first module being operable to, at least; generate a first baseband wireless signal corresponding to a first wireless communication protocol; and generate a second baseband wireless signal corresponding to a second wireless communication protocol different from the first wireless communication protocol, the second baseband wireless signal characterized by a baseband frequency bandwidth of the second baseband wireless signal; and at least a second module comprising circuitry, the second module being operable to, at least; receive the first baseband wireless signal; receive the second baseband wireless signal; spectrally shift an in-phase (I) component of the received first baseband wireless signal to a frequency space beyond the baseband frequency bandwidth, the spectral shift including mixing the I component and quadrature phase (Q) component of the first baseband wireless signal with respective I and Q components of a mixing signal; spectrally shift the Q component of the received first baseband wireless signal to the same frequency space beyond the baseband frequency bandwidth, the spectral shift including mixing the I and Q components of the first baseband wireless signal with respective Q and I components of the mixing signal; and generate a composite wireless signal comprising, at an instant in time, an I composite component and a Q composite component, each composite component including a first component based on the spectrally-shifted first baseband wireless signal, and a second component based on the second baseband wireless signal that has not been spectrally-shifted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for communicating, the method comprising:
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generating a first baseband wireless signal corresponding to a first wireless communication protocol; generating a second baseband wireless signal corresponding to a second wireless communication protocol that is different from the first wireless communication protocol, the second baseband wireless signal characterized by a baseband frequency bandwidth of the second baseband wireless signal; spectrally shifting an in-phase (I) component of the first baseband wireless signal to a frequency space beyond the baseband frequency bandwidth by mixing the in-phase (I) component and a quadrature (Q) component of the first baseband wireless signal with respective I and Q components of a mixing signal; spectrally shifting an quadrature phase (Q) component of the first baseband wireless signal to a frequency space beyond the baseband frequency bandwidth by mixing the quadrature (Q) component and in-phase (I) component of the first baseband wireless signal with respective I and Q components of the mixing signal; and generating a composite wireless signal comprising, at an instant in time, a first component based on the spectrally-shifted first baseband wireless signal and a second component based on the second baseband wireless signal where the first baseband wireless signal and the second baseband wireless signal are converted from digital signals to analog signals prior to generating the composite wireless signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. Circuitry in a multimode communication system, wherein the circuitry is operable to, at least:
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receive a first wireless signal associated with a first wireless communication protocol; receive, by the spectral placement circuitry, a second wireless signal associated with a second wireless communication protocol different from the first wireless communication protocol, the received second wireless signal characterized by a frequency bandwidth of the second wireless signal; spectrally shift, by the spectral placement circuitry, an in-phase (I) component of the received first wireless signal to a frequency space beyond the frequency bandwidth, the spectral shift including mixing the I component and quadrature phase (Q) component of the first wireless signal with corresponding I and Q components of a mixing signal; spectrally shift, by the spectral placement circuitry, the Q component of the received first wireless signal to the same frequency space beyond the frequency bandwidth, the spectral shift including mixing the I and Q components of the first wireless signal with corresponding Q and I components of the mixing signal; and generate, by signal combiner circuitry, a composite wireless signal comprising, at an instant in time, an I composite component and a Q composite component, each composite component including a first component based on the spectrally-shifted first baseband wireless signal, and a second component based on the second wireless signal. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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