Methods and apparatus for communicating via a radio channel
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJames P. Kardach, Gordon Chinn, Randy Durrant, Krishnan Rajamani, Robert L. Monroe
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for communicating via a radio channel to reduce radio frequency (RF) interference between transceiver systems within an electronic device.
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In a wireless communication system, a method for communicating via a first radio channel, the method comprising:
- providing a wired communication link between a first transceiver system and a second transceiver system, the first transceiver system and the second transceiver system being in the same electronic device;
- providing channel information indicative of a second radio channel from the second transceiver system to the first transceiver system via the wired communication link;
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- communicating via the first radio channel with the first transceiver system if the channel information is indicative of a lack of radio interference between the first radio channel and the second radio channel.
A method for scheduling communication from transceiver systems within an electronic device, the method comprising:
- selecting a first radio channel for communication associated with a first transceiver system;
- receiving an operating signal from a second transceiver system via a wired communication link, the operating signal having channel information indicative of a second radio channel, the second radio channel configured for communication associated with the second transceiver system;
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- communicating via the first radio channel in response to the channel information being indicative of a lack of radio interference between the first transceiver system and the second transceiver system.
An electronic device comprising:
- a wired communication link;
- a first transceiver system, the first transceiver system being operable to provide channel information indicative of a first radio channel;
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- a second transceiver system in communication with the first transceiver system via the wired communication link, the second transceiver system being responsive to the channel information to communicate via a second radio channel if the channel information is indicative of a lack of radio interference between the first radio channel and the second radio channel.
In an electronic device including a first transceiver system and a second transceiver system, a processor operates in accordance with a computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for a computer program for communicating via a first radio channel, the computer program comprising:
- a first routine that directs the processor to provide channel information indicative of a second radio channel from the second transceiver system to the first transceiver system via a wired communication link operatively coupled to the first and second transceiver systems;
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- a second routine that directs the processor to communicate via the first radio channel with the first transceiver system if the channel information is indicative of a lack of radio interference between the first radio channel and the second radio channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.