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US 2007/0191042 A1Published application
Dual MAC arbitration
AssigneeMarvell International Ltd.
InventorsChia-Chun Chung, Ken Ho
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Abstract
A wireless network device includes a first media access controller (MAC) that generates a first output signal, a second MAC that generates a second output signal, and a communication channel. The communication channel includes a baseband processor in communication with a radio frequency transmitter and selectively transmits one of the first output signal and the second output signal.
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A wireless network device comprising:
- a first media access controller (MAC) that generates a first output signal;
- a second MAC that generates a second output signal;
- and
- a communication channel including a baseband processor in communication with a radio frequency transmitter, wherein the communication channel selectively transmits one of the first output signal and the second output signal.
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A wireless network device comprising:
- first media access controller (MAC) means for generating a first output signal;
- second MAC means for generating a second output signal;
- and
- communication channel means including baseband processor means for communicating a selected one of the first and second output signals to radio frequency transmitting means for transmitting a radio-frequency modulated carrier based on the selected one of the first and second output signals.
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A method for generating a transmit signal in a wireless network device, comprising:
- providing a first media access controller (MAC) that generates a first output signal in accordance with a first wireless network protocol;
- providing a second MAC that generates a second output signal in accordance with a second wireless network protocol;
- and
- transmitting the first data packets and the second data packets using a common transmitter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.