Simultaneous wireless support in software defined radio

摘要

A system and method for providing the ability to discover the capabilities of a user's computer to determine whether it is capable of supporting more than one wireless protocol simultaneously is provided. A computing device's capabilities (including, for example, hardware and/or software capabilities) is checked to determine if it supports at least two specific wireless protocols and checking a computing device's capabilities (including, for example, hardware and/or software capabilities) is checked to determine if it supports both wireless protocols simultaneously. The techniques for determining the computing device's compatibility may include comparing lists of protocol requirements to lists of system capabilities and/or generating test signals by the system according to the protocol.

主权项

1. A software defined radio (SDR)-enabled wireless device comprising:
programmable circuitry; software encoded on at least one computer-readable storage to program the programmable circuitry to implement an SDR; system parameters indicating capabilities of the programmable circuitry and/or the software of the SDR-enabled wireless device; a verification module that, when executing, responds to the SDR-enabled wireless device attempting or requesting concurrent communication using a first wireless protocol and a second wireless protocol by:
accessing first system requirements for the first wireless protocol and accessing second system requirements for the second wireless protocols, anddetermining whether the SDR is able to communicate concurrently using the first and second wireless protocols by comparing the first system requirements with the system parameters and by comparing the second system requirements with the system parameters, wherein the system parameters are determined prior to the SDR being configured to concurrently use both a first wireless protocol and a second wireless protocol; and configuring the SDR for concurrent use of the first and/or second wireless protocols responsive to the verification module determining that the system parameters satisfy the first system requirements and satisfy the second system requirements.