Wireless state machine and multiplexing method for concurrent ad-hoc and infrastructure mode service in wireless networking

An apparatus comprising:

• a first processing core configured to execute a first process;
• a second processing core configured to execute a second process;
• a radio control port configured to detect and process a first signal and a second signal;
• and
• an auxiliary control system, coupled to the radio control port, the first processing core, and the second processing core, which activates and deactivates the first processing core for executing the first process and the second processing core for executing the second process,
• wherein the auxiliary control system is capable of activating the first processing core during execution of the second process and is capable of activating the second processing core during execution of the first process so that the first process and the second process are executed concurrently.

An apparatus comprising:

• a first processing core configured to execute either a first process or a second process;
• a second processing core configured to execute either the first process or the second process;
• a radio control port configured to detect and process a first signal and a second signal;
• an auxiliary control system, coupled to the radio control port, the first processing core, and the second processing core, wherein the auxiliary control system activates and deactivates the first processing core for executing either the first process or the second process and activates and deactivates the second processing core for executing either the first process or the second process,
• wherein the auxiliary control system is capable of activating the first processing core while the second processing core is executing either the first process or the second process and is capable of activating the second processing core while the second processing core is executing either the first process or the second process so that the first process and second process are executed concurrently.

Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer-readable medium, the computer-executable process steps comprising:

• detecting and processing a first wireless signal and a second wireless signal;
• executing a first wireless process, wherein execution of the first wireless process begins upon receipt of the first wireless signal and ends after completion of the first wireless process;
• executing a second wireless process, wherein execution of the second wireless process begins upon receipt of the second wireless signal and ends after completion of the second wireless process,
• wherein execution of the first wireless process and execution of the second wireless process are individually controlled so that the first wireless process and the second wireless process are executed separately or concurrently.

A computer-readable medium which stores computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps comprising:

• detecting and processing a first wireless signal and a second wireless signal;
• executing a first wireless process, wherein execution of the first wireless process begins upon receipt of the first wireless signal and ends after completion of the first wireless process;
• executing a second wireless process, wherein execution of the second wireless process begins upon receipt of the second wireless signal and ends after completion of the second wireless process,
• wherein execution of the first wireless process and execution of the second wireless process are individually controlled so that execution of the first wireless process and execution of the second wireless process are executed separately or concurrently.