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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Vinko Erceg, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Gonikberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rohit Gaikwad, San Diego, CA (US);
Hongyu Xie, San Diego, CA (US);
Anand Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Venkat Kodavati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tirdad Sowlati, Irvine, CA (US);
Payam Torab Jahromi, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Matthew J. Fischer, San Diego, CA (US);
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A device implementing unified media access control (MAC) for multiple physical layer devices may include at least one processor communicatively coupled to first and second physical layer modules that are configured to communicate with another device over first and second wireless channels, respectively. The at least one processor may be configured to receive one or more data items to be transmitted to the another device and to select at least one of the first or second physical layer modules for transmission of the one or more data items based at least in part on a first condition of the first physical wireless channel and a condition of the second physical wireless channel. The at least one processor may be further configured to provide the one or more data items to the selected at least one of the first or second physical layer modules for transmission to the another device.