# US 8,787,320 B2 · Wireless communication system and related method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,787,320 B2 - Document ID: US8787320B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/176,759 - Filed: 2011-07-06 - Published: 2012-01-12 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2010-07-08 - Assignees: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. - Applicants: Ya-Ying Wang - Inventors: Ya-Ying Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8787320B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/54: based on quality criteria - H04W 72/1215: {for collaboration of different radio technologies} - H04W 88/10: adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A wireless communication system includes a first wireless device, a second wireless device, a determining device and an executing unit. The first wireless device is arranged for receiving a first signal, and the second wireless device is arranged for transmitting a second signal, where the first wireless device and the second wireless device conform to different communication standards, respectively. The determining device may determine a signal quality of the first signal received by the first wireless device, and accordingly generates a determining result. The executing unit refers to the determining result to select a target coexistence mechanism, which is shared by the first and second wireless devices, from a plurality of candidate coexistence mechanisms. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wireless communication system, comprising: a first wireless device, arranged for receiving a first signal; a second wireless device, arranged for transmitting a second signal, wherein the first wireless device and the second wireless device conform to different communication standards, respectively; a determining device, coupled to the first wireless device and the second wireless device, arranged for determining a signal receiving quality of the first signal received by the first wireless device, and accordingly generating a determining result; and an executing unit, coupled to the determining device, arranged for selecting a target coexistence mechanism, which is shared by the first wireless device and the second wireless device, from a plurality of candidate coexistence mechanisms by referring to the determining result, wherein the determining device comprises: a signal power detecting module, coupled to the first wireless device and the second wireless device, arranged for generating a signal power detecting result according to the first signal and the second signal; and a comparing module, coupled to the signal power detecting module, arranged for comparing the signal power detecting result with a signal quality threshold in order to generate the determining result. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein when the determining result indicates that the signal receiving quality does not reach a signal quality threshold of the first wireless device, the target coexistence mechanism is a default coexistence mechanism of the wireless communication system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wireless communication system of claim 2, wherein the default coexistence mechanism comprises one of an adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) coexistence mechanism, a channel skipping coexistence mechanism, a time division multiplexing (TDM) coexistence mechanism, and a hybrid coexistence mechanism. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The wireless communication system of claim 2, wherein when the determining result indicates that the signal receiving quality reaches the signal quality threshold of the first wireless device, the target coexistence mechanism is a coexistence mechanism allowing the second wireless device to transmit the second signal and the first wireless device to receive the first signal simultaneously. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the signal power detecting module comprises: a first signal power detecting unit, coupled to the first wireless device, arranged for detecting a first signal power of the first signal; a second signal power detecting unit, coupled to the second wireless device, arranged for detecting a second signal power of the second signal; and a computing unit, coupled to the first signal power detecting unit and the second signal power detecting unit, arranged for calculating the signal power detecting result according to the first signal power, the second signal power, and an isolation degree between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The wireless communication system of claim 5, wherein the first wireless device is coupled to a first antenna, the second wireless device is coupled to a second antenna, and a distance between the first antenna and the second antenna determines the isolation degree between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The wireless communication system of claim 5, further comprising: a shared antenna, coupled to the first wireless device and the second wireless device, arranged for receiving and transmitting the first signal of the first wireless device and the second signal of the second wireless device; and a splitter, coupled to the shared antenna, arranged for separating the first signal of the first wireless device from the second signal of the second wireless device; wherein the splitter determines the isolation degree between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the determining device further comprises: a threshold generating module, coupled to the first wireless device and the comparing module, arranged for determining the signal quality threshold according to the first signal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the threshold generating module comprises a look-up table, and the threshold generating module determines the signal quality threshold by searching the look-up table according to a data receiving rate of the first signal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The wireless communication system of claim 8, wherein the threshold generating module comprises a look-up table, and the threshold generating module determines the signal quality threshold by searching the look-up table according to a service mode of the first signal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein one of the first wireless device and the second wireless device is a blue-tooth device, and the other one of the first wireless device and the second wireless device is a wireless LAN device. ### Claim 12 A method for sharing a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device of a communication system, the first wireless device arranged for receiving a first signal, the second wireless device arranged for transmitting a second signal, the first wireless device and the second wireless device conforming to different communication standards, respectively, and the method comprises the following steps: determining a signal receiving quality of the first signal received by the first wireless device, and accordingly generating a determining result; and selecting a target coexistence mechanism, which is shared by the first and second wireless devices, from a plurality of candidate coexistence mechanisms by referring to the determining result wherein the step of determining the signal receiving quality of the first signal received by the first wireless device, and accordingly generating the determining result comprises: generating a signal power detecting result according to the first signal and the second signal; and comparing the signal power detecting result with a signal quality threshold in order to generate the determining result. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein when the determining result indicates that the signal receiving quality does not reach a signal quality threshold of the first wireless device, the target coexistence mechanism is a default coexistence mechanism of the wireless communication system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the default coexistence mechanism comprises one of an adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) coexistence mechanism, a channel skipping coexistence mechanism, a time division multiplexing (TDM) coexistence mechanism, and a hybrid coexistence mechanism. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein when the determining result indicates that the signal receiving quality reaches the signal quality threshold of the first wireless device, the target coexistence mechanism is a coexistence mechanism allowing the second wireless device to transmit the second signal and the first wireless device to receive the first signal simultaneously. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the step of generating the signal power detecting result according to the first signal and the second signal comprises: detecting a first signal power of the first signal; detecting a second signal power of the second signal; and calculating the signal power detecting result according to the first signal power, the second signal power, and an isolation degree between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the step of comparing the signal power detecting result with the signal quality threshold in order to generate the determining result comprises: determining the signal quality threshold according to the first signal.