Single chip multimode baseband processing circuitry with a shared radio interface

摘要

A multimode communication integrated circuit comprising baseband processing circuitry with a shared radio interface. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise a processor module adapted to perform various processing (e.g., baseband processing) in support of multimode communications. A first radio module may be communicatively coupled to the processor module through a common communication interface. A second radio module may also be communicatively coupled to the processor module through the common communication interface. The common communication interface may, for example, be adapted to communicate information over a communication bus that is shared between the processor module and a plurality of radio modules (e.g., the first and second radio modules).

主权项

1. A method comprising:
at a multimode communication device,
at a control circuit of the multimode communication device, determining respective communication needs of two or more respective communication modules of a plurality of communication modules of the multimode communication device;at the control circuit, using the respective communication needs, determining respective control information necessary to configure the two or more respective communication modules;at the control circuit, based on the determined respective communication needs of the two or more respective communication modules, allocating communication resources of a common data bus among the two or more respective communication modules;communicating the respective control information from the control circuit to the two or more respective communication modules of the plurality of communication modules over the common data bus in accordance with the allocated communication resources of the common data bus to configure operation of the two or more respective communication modules; andusing the communicated control information, configuring operation of each of the two or more respective communication modules for radio communication in accordance with a respective communication mode with a respective remote radio of a plurality of remote radios.