Device, system and method of wireless communication over a plurality of wireless communication frequency channels
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1. A wireless communication device comprising:
- a frequency source to generate a source frequency signal;
a plurality of local-oscillator (LO) generators to generate a respective plurality of different carrier signal frequencies based on said source frequency signal, wherein the plurality of LO generators include a configurable LO generator to receive a plurality of configurable input values and generate a configurable carrier signal frequency of the plurality of different carrier signal frequencies based on the received plurality of configurable input values; and
a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) paths to simultaneously communicate over said plurality of carrier signal frequencies, respectively,wherein the plurality of carrier signal frequencies include at least first and second non-contiguous frequencies of a common non-contiguous communication channel, wherein the common non-contiguous communication channel includes a non-contiguous communication channel within a five Gigahertz frequency band.
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication over a plurality of wireless communication frequency channels. For example, a wireless communication device may include a frequency source to generate a source frequency signal; a plurality of local-oscillator (LO) generators to generate a respective plurality of different carrier signal frequencies based on the source frequency signal; and a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) paths to simultaneously communicate over the plurality of carrier signal frequencies, respectively.
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32 Claims
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1. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a frequency source to generate a source frequency signal; a plurality of local-oscillator (LO) generators to generate a respective plurality of different carrier signal frequencies based on said source frequency signal, wherein the plurality of LO generators include a configurable LO generator to receive a plurality of configurable input values and generate a configurable carrier signal frequency of the plurality of different carrier signal frequencies based on the received plurality of configurable input values; and a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) paths to simultaneously communicate over said plurality of carrier signal frequencies, respectively, wherein the plurality of carrier signal frequencies include at least first and second non-contiguous frequencies of a common non-contiguous communication channel, wherein the common non-contiguous communication channel includes a non-contiguous communication channel within a five Gigahertz frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a wireless communication device comprising; one or more antennas; and a wireless communication unit to simultaneously communicate over a plurality of different configurable carrier signal frequencies, wherein the plurality of carrier signal frequencies are configured based on a common source frequency signal by applying a plurality of configurable conversion ratios to the common source frequency signal, wherein at least one of the plurality of configurable conversion ratios is determined based on a plurality of configurable input values received at the wireless communication unit, and wherein the plurality of carrier signal frequencies include at least first and second non-contiguous frequencies of a common non-contiguous communication channel, wherein the common non-contiguous communication channel includes a non-contiguous communication channel within a five Gigahertz frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A device comprising:
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a frequency source to generate a common source frequency signal; and a plurality of configurable local-oscillator (LO) generators to generate a respective plurality of different configurable frequencies based on said common source frequency signal, wherein at least one of the plurality of configurable LO generators is to receive a plurality of configurable input values, which are used to convert the common source frequency signal into at least one of the plurality of different configurable frequencies, wherein the plurality of different configurable frequencies include at least first and second non-contiguous frequencies of a common non-contiguous communication channel, wherein the common non-contiguous communication channel includes a non-contiguous communication channel within a five Gigahertz frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
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generating a source frequency signal; receiving a plurality of configurable input values; converting said source frequency signal into a plurality of different configurable carrier signal frequencies by applying to the source frequency signal a plurality of respective conversion ratios, wherein at least one of the plurality of configurable conversion ratios is determined based on the plurality of configurable input values, and wherein the plurality of different configurable carrier signal frequencies include at least first and second non-contiguous frequencies of a common non-contiguous communication channel, wherein the common non-contiguous communication channel includes a non-contiguous communication channel within a five Gigahertz frequency band; and simultaneously communicating over said plurality of carrier signal frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, if executed, enable wireless communication by:
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generating a source frequency signal; receiving a plurality of configurable input values; converting said source frequency signal into a plurality of different configurable carrier signal frequencies by applying to the source frequency signal a plurality of respective conversion ratios, wherein at least one of the plurality of configurable conversion ratios is determined based on the plurality of configurable input values, and wherein the plurality of different configurable carrier signal frequencies include at least first and second non-contiguous frequencies of a common non-contiguous communication channel, wherein the common non-contiguous communication channel includes a non-contiguous communication channel within a five Gigahertz frequency band; and simultaneously communicating over said plurality of carrier signal frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a frequency source to generate a source frequency signal; a plurality of configurable local-oscillator (LO) generators to generate a respective plurality of configurable carrier signal frequencies based on said source frequency signal, wherein the plurality of carrier signal frequencies include at least first and second non-contiguous channels of a non-contiguous communication channel within a five Gigahertz frequency band, at least one of the first and second non-contiguous channels having a bandwidth of 80 MHz, and at least one of the first and second non-contiguous channels having a plurality of contiguous 20 MHz sub-channels; and a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) paths to simultaneously communicate over said plurality of configurable carrier signal frequencies, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a processor; a memory unit an input unit; an output unit; one or more antennas; and a wireless communication device including; a frequency source to generate a source frequency signal; a plurality of local-oscillator (LO) generators to generate a respective plurality of different carrier signal frequencies based on said source frequency signal, wherein the plurality of LO generators include a configurable LO generator to receive a plurality of configurable input values and generate a configurable carrier signal frequency of the plurality of different carrier signal frequencies based on a combination of the received plurality of configurable input values; and a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) paths to simultaneously communicate over said plurality of carrier signal frequencies, respectively, wherein the plurality of carrier signal frequencies include at least first and second non-contiguous frequencies of a common non-contiguous communication channel, wherein the common non-contiguous communication channel includes a non-contiguous communication channel within a five Gigahertz frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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