Sharing an antenna between LTE-U and WLAN
First Claim
1. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
- performing a first communication operation associated with a first frequency band using at least one antenna of a wireless device, wherein the first communication operation is initiated by long-term evolution (LTE) circuitry of the wireless device; and
based on a comparison of a duration of a second communication operation to an estimated duration before a next LTE communication operation, performing the second communication operation associated with a second frequency band using the at least one antenna of the wireless device, wherein the second communication operation is initiated by wireless local area network (WLAN) circuitry of the wireless device, and wherein the first frequency band at least partially overlaps the second frequency band.
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Abstract
In a particular aspect, a method includes receiving, at a long-term evolution (LTE) circuitry of wireless device from a wireless local area network (WLAN) circuitry of the wireless device while the LTE circuitry has control of at least one antenna of the wireless device, a request for control of the at least one antenna. Communications by the LTE circuitry using the at least one antenna corresponds to a first frequency band, communications by the WLAN circuitry using the at least one antenna correspond to a second frequency band, and the first frequency band at least partially overlaps the second frequency band. The method further includes sending a response from the LTE circuitry to the WLAN circuitry based on data included in the request.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
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performing a first communication operation associated with a first frequency band using at least one antenna of a wireless device, wherein the first communication operation is initiated by long-term evolution (LTE) circuitry of the wireless device; and based on a comparison of a duration of a second communication operation to an estimated duration before a next LTE communication operation, performing the second communication operation associated with a second frequency band using the at least one antenna of the wireless device, wherein the second communication operation is initiated by wireless local area network (WLAN) circuitry of the wireless device, and wherein the first frequency band at least partially overlaps the second frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one antenna; long-term evolution (LTE) circuitry configured to initiate performance of a first communication operation associated with a first frequency band using the at least one antenna; and wireless local area network (WLAN) circuitry configured to, based on a comparison of a duration of a second communication operation to an estimated duration before a next LTE communication operation, initiate performance of the second communication operation associated with a second frequency band using the at least one antenna, wherein the first frequency band at least partially overlaps the second frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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means for performing a long term evolution (LTE) communication operation associated with a first frequency band using at least one antenna; and means for performing a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication operation associated with a second frequency band using the at least one antenna, the WLAN communication performed based on a comparison of a duration of the WLAN communication operation to a an estimated duration before a next LTE communication operation, wherein the first frequency band at least partially overlaps the second frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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initiate performance of a first communication operation associated with a first frequency band using at least one antenna of a wireless device, wherein the first communication operation comprises a long-term evolution (LTE) communication operation; and based on a comparison of a duration of a second communication operation to an estimated duration before a next LTE communication operation, initiate performance of the second communication operation associated with a second frequency band using the at least one antenna wireless device, wherein the second communication operation comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication operation, and wherein the first frequency band at least partially overlaps the second frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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