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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Qinghai Gao, San Jose, CA (US);
Sundar G. Sankaran, Campbell, CA (US);
Tevfik Yucek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Susinder R. Gulasekaran, Chennai, IN;
Qinghai Gao, San Jose, CA (US);
Sundar G. Sankaran, Campbell, CA (US);
Tevfik Yucek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Susinder R. Gulasekaran, Chennai, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Arbitration between two wireless protocols in a wireless device. The wireless device may include first wireless protocol circuitry, configured to receive and process first signals according to a first wireless protocol and second wireless protocol circuitry, configured to receive and process second signals according to a second wireless protocol. The wireless device may also include coexistence circuitry. The coexistence circuitry may be configured to receive a request from the first wireless protocol circuitry to perform transmission or reception and arbitrate the requested transmission or reception between the first wireless protocol circuitry and the second wireless protocol circuitry. The decision may be based on current or future priority information, current configuration, or other factors. The coexistence circuitry (or other circuitry) may be configured to determine position of switches controlling antennas or transmission using shared or unshared antennas (or chains). The two wireless protocols may be WLAN and Bluetooth.