Wireless transceiver with configuration control and methods for use therewith
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorAhmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran
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Abstract
A wireless transceiver includes at least one RF transceiver section that generates an outbound RF signal based on outbound data and that generates inbound data based on an inbound RF signal. A configuration controller configures the wireless transceiver, by configuring the wireless transceiver to identify a plurality of communication paths to a remote station, the plurality of communication paths including at least one indirect communication path through at least one intermediate station; configuring the wireless transceiver to communicate with the remote station based on a first path of the plurality of communication paths; and configuring the wireless transceiver to communicate with the remote station based on a second path of the plurality of communication paths.
Claims20
A wireless transceiver comprising:
- at least one RF transceiver section that generates an outbound RF signal based on outbound data and that generates inbound data based on an inbound RF signal;
- a configuration controller, coupled to the RF transceiver section, for configuration of the wireless transceiver, wherein the configuration includes:
- configuring the wireless transceiver to identify a plurality of communication paths to a remote station, the plurality of communication paths including at least one indirect communication path through at least one intermediate peer station on a peer-to-peer basis, without an intermediate access point or base station;
- configuring the wireless transceiver to communicate with the remote station based on a first path of the plurality of communication paths;
- and
- configuring the wireless transceiver to communicate with the remote station based on a second path of the plurality of communication paths.
A method for use in a configuration controller of a wireless transceiver, the method comprising:
- configuring a wireless transceiver:
- to evaluate a plurality of communication paths to a remote station, the plurality of communication paths including at least one indirect communication path through at least one intermediate peer station on a peer-to-peer basis;
- to communicate with the remote station based on a first path of the plurality of communication paths;
- and
- to communicate with the remote station based on a second path of the plurality of communication paths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.