Apparatus and method for coexistent wireless and bluetooth communication employing interruption of arbitration requests to allocate use of a shared antenna

摘要

An apparatus has first and second wireless communication modules with respective first and second wireless communication signaling terminals. An arbiter is coupled to receive a request for access to an antenna from one of the first and second wireless communication modules. The arbiter is operable to cause the antenna to be coupled to one of the first and second wireless communication signaling terminals in response to the request, and a coexistence module is operable to prevent the arbiter from receiving a request from the second wireless communication module to thereby allow a communication of the first wireless communication module.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first wireless communication module having a first antenna request terminal and at least a first wireless communication signaling terminal; a second wireless communication module having a second antenna request terminal and at least a second wireless communication signaling terminal; an arbiter (i) coupled to receive from one of the first wireless communication module or the second wireless communication module, via the first antenna request terminal or the second antenna request terminal, respectively, a request for access to an antenna and (ii) operable to cause the antenna to be coupled to one of the first wireless communication signaling terminal or the second wireless communication signaling terminal in response to the request; and a coexistence module operable to prevent the arbiter from receiving a request from the second wireless communication module to thereby allow a communication of the first wireless communication module by disabling the second antenna request terminal.