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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Evan Scott McCarthy, Irvine, CA (US);
John Stuart Walley, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Ling Su, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Djordje Tujkovic, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joseph Saada, Haifa, IL;
Kameswara Rao Medapalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0871 (2013.01); H04B 7/0689 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for sharing antennas of a wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device leverages cellular antennas to improve data throughput by creating a multiple-in, multiple out (MIMO) operation for a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection. Antenna resources are dynamically allocated between the cellular antennas and the wireless antenna to provide improved throughput.