Systems and methods for coexistence of a plurality of wireless communications modules

• US 9,236,896 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2010
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Communication Advances LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Yeh, Chih-Hao, Hsu, Hong-Kai, Hsia, En-Chieh, Chiou, Hsien-Chyi, Wang, Wei, Shiu, Shu-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): FARAHMAND, ASHIL S
• Application Number:
  US12/940,337
• Publication Number:
  US 20110053523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,894 Days
• Field of Search: 370/297, 370/310, 370/328, 370/329, 370/339
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/336 Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/345 Interference values signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] H04B17/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/36 with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A wireless communications system is provided with a first wireless communications module, a second wireless communications module, and an RF module. The first wireless communications module transmits or receives a first wireless signal, and the second wireless communications module transmits or receives a second wireless signal. The RF module allocates a first transceiving path and a second transceiving path to the first wireless communications module and the second wireless communications module, respectively, to enable the transmission or reception of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time.

Claims

1. A wireless communications system, comprising:

a first wireless communications transceiver configured to transmit or receive a first wireless signal;

a second wireless communications transceiver configured to transmit or receive a second wireless signal; and

an RF module comprising a connection device which comprises at least one antenna-side port and at least two module-side ports, wherein a first transceiving path is formed by a coupling of the antenna-side port and one of the transceiver-side ports and a second transceiving path is formed by a coupling of the antenna-side port and another one of the transceiver-side ports; and

wherein the RF module is configured to allocate the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path to the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver, respectively, to enable the transmission or reception of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time,

wherein the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path are allocated according to a distance between the wireless communications system and a peer wireless communications device, and

wherein the first wireless communications transceiver or the second wireless communications transceiver further requests the peer wireless communications device to transmit the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal with a fixed transmission power.

2. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path are allocated according to operation statuses of the first wireless communications transceiver or the second wireless communications transceiver.

3. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection device is a directional coupler.

4. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance is determined according to a signal indicator of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal.

5. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path are allocated according to signal indicators of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal.

6. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the signal indicators comprise at least one of the following:

received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal;

signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal;

interference to signal ratio (ISR) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal;

adjacent channel interference (ACI) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal;

packet error rate (PER) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal; and

bit error rate (BER) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal.

7. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first transceiving path has a smaller path loss than the second transceiving path when the signal indicator of the first wireless signal is lower than a threshold.

8. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first transceiving path has a smaller path loss than the second transceiving path when the signal indicator of the second wireless signal is greater than a threshold.

9. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first transceiving path has a smaller path loss than the second transceiving path, when the signal indicator of the first wireless signal is greater than a first threshold and the signal indicator of the second wireless signal is greater than a second threshold.

10. The wireless communications system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first transceiving path has a greater path loss than the second transceiving path when the signal indicator of the first wireless signal is greater than a first threshold and the signal indicator of the second wireless signal is lower than or equal to a second threshold.

11. A method for coexistence of a plurality of wireless communications transceivers in a wireless communications device, comprising:

providing a connection device comprising a connection device which comprises at least one antenna-side port and at least two transceiver-side ports, wherein a first transceiving path is formed by a coupling of the antenna-side port and one of the transceiver-side ports and a second transceiving path is formed by a coupling of the antenna-side port and another one of the transceiver-side ports;

determining whether a first wireless communications transceiver is transmitting or receiving a first wireless signal, and a second wireless communications transceiver is transmitting or receiving a second wireless signal; and

allocating the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path to the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver, respectively, to enable the transmission or reception of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time,

wherein the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path are allocated according to a distance between the wireless communications device and a peer wireless communications device, and

wherein the first wireless communications transceiver or the second wireless communications transceiver further requests the peer wireless communications device to transmit the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal with a fixed transmission power.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path are allocated according to operation statuses of the first wireless transceiver or the second wireless communications transceiver.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path are allocated according to signal indicators of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the allocating step comprises allocating the first transceiving path having a smaller path loss than the second transceiving path to the first wireless communications transceiver when the signal indicator of the first wireless signal is lower than a threshold.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the signal indicators comprise at least one of the following:

received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal;

signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal;

interference to signal ratio (ISR) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal;

adjacent channel interference (ACI) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal;

packet error rate (PER) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal; and

bit error rate (BER) of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the allocating step comprises allocating the first transceiving path having a smaller path loss than the second transceiving path to the first wireless communications transceiver when the signal indicator of the second wireless signal is greater than a threshold.

17. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the allocating step comprises allocating the first transceiving path having a smaller path loss than the second transceiving path to the first wireless communications transceiver, when the signal indicator of the first wireless signal is greater than a first threshold and the signal indicator of the second wireless signal is greater than a second threshold, or when the signal indicator of the first wireless signal is lower than the first threshold.

18. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the allocating step comprises allocating the first transceiving path having a greater path loss than the second transceiving path to the first wireless communications transceiver when the signal indicator of the first wireless signal is greater than a first threshold and the signal indicator of the second wireless signal is lower than or equal to a second threshold.

19. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the distance is determined according to a signal indicator of the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal.

20. A wireless communications system, comprising:

a first wireless communications transceiver configured to transmit or receive a first wireless signal in a Transmitting (Tx) operation or a Receiving (Rx) operation, respectively;

a second wireless communications transceiver configured to transmit or receive a second wireless signal in the Tx operation or the Rx operation, respectively; and

an RF module comprising a connection device which comprises at least one antenna-side port and at least two transceiver-side ports, wherein a first transceiving path is formed by a coupling of the antenna-side port and one of the transceiver-side ports and a second transceiving path is formed by a coupling of the antenna-side port and another one of the transceiver-side ports; and

wherein the RF module is configured to allocate the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path to the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver, respectively, to enable;

the transmissions of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time when both of the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver are in the Tx operation,

the receptions of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time when both of the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver are in the Rx operation, and

the transmission of one of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal and the reception of the other one of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time when the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver are in the Tx operation and the Rx operation, respectively, or in the Rx operation and Tx operation, respectively,

wherein the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path are allocated according to a distance between the wireless communications system and a peer wireless communications device, and

wherein the first wireless communications transceiver or the second wireless communications transceiver further requests the peer wireless communications device to transmit the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal with a fixed transmission power.

21. A method for coexistence of a plurality of wireless communications transceivers in a wireless communications device, comprising:

providing a connection device comprising a connection device which comprises at least one antenna-side port and at least two transceiver-side ports, wherein a first transceiving path is formed by a coupling of the antenna-side port and one of the transceiver-side ports and a second transceiving path is formed by a fixed coupling of the antenna-side port and another one of the transceiver-side ports;

determining whether a first wireless communications transceiver is transmitting or receiving a first wireless signal in a Transmitting (Tx) operation or a Receiving (Rx) operation, respectively, and a second wireless communications transceiver is transmitting or receiving a second wireless signal in the Tx operation or the Rx operation, respectively; and

allocating the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path to the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver, respectively, to enable;

the transmission of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time when both of the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver are in the Tx operation,

the receptions of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time when both of the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver are in the Rx operation, and

the transmission of one of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal and the reception of the other one of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal at the same time when the first wireless communications transceiver and the second wireless communications transceiver are in the Tx operation and the Rx operation, respectively, or in the Rx operation and Tx operation, respectively,

wherein the first transceiving path and the second transceiving path are allocated according to a distance between the wireless communications device and a peer wireless communications device, and

wherein the first wireless communications transceiver or the second wireless communications transceiver further requests the peer wireless communications device to transmit the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal with a fixed transmission power.