Direct detection of wireless interferers in a communication device for multiple modulation types

An apparatus, comprising:

• a first radio circuitry that is operative to support first communications comporting with a first communication protocol;
• a second radio circuitry that is operative to support second communications comporting with a second communication protocol;
• and
• a baseband processing circuitry, coupled to the first radio circuitry and the second radio circuitry, that is operative to process the second communications comporting with the second communication protocol thereby extracting a first plurality of symbols and a second plurality of symbols there from;
• and wherein:
• the baseband processing circuitry includes a correlation processing module and a matched filter processing module;
• the correlation processing module is operative to perform correlation processing using the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols in accordance with identifying a plurality of interferers and a plurality of metrics, such that each of the plurality of metrics corresponds to one of the plurality of interferers;
• the matched filter processing module is operative to process the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols in accordance with the identifying the plurality of interferers and the plurality of metrics;
• the baseband processing circuitry is operative to rank the plurality of interferers based on the plurality of metrics;
• and
• based on the rank of the plurality of interferers, the baseband processing circuitry is operative to remove at least one frequency associated with at least one of the plurality of interferers from use by the first radio circuitry to support the first communications.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a first radio circuitry that is operative to support first communications comporting with a first communication protocol;
• a second radio circuitry that is operative to support second communications comporting with a second communication protocol;
• and
• a baseband processing circuitry, coupled to the first radio circuitry and the second radio circuitry, that is operative to process the second communications comporting with the second communication protocol thereby extracting a first plurality of symbols and a second plurality of symbols there from;
• and wherein:
• the baseband processing circuitry is operative to:
• perform correlation processing using the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols in accordance with identifying a plurality of interferers and a plurality of metrics, such that each of the plurality of metrics corresponds to one of the plurality of interferers;
• rank the plurality of interferers based on the plurality of metrics;
• and
• based on the rank of the plurality of interferers, remove a plurality of frequencies associated with a plurality of interferers from use by the first radio circuitry to support the first communications;
• and
• within the second communications, the second plurality of symbols is located a first predetermined number of symbols away from the first plurality of symbols;
• the baseband processing circuitry is operative to process third communications, supported using the first radio circuitry or the second circuitry, thereby extracting a third plurality of symbols and a fourth plurality of symbols there from;
• and
• within the third communications, the third plurality of symbols is located a second predetermined number of symbols away from the fourth plurality of symbols.