WIRELESS DEVICE WITH WLAN AND WPAN COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES

摘要

A wireless device which operates according to a first protocol specification in active durations specified by the first protocol, and according to a second protocol specification in the idle durations specified by the first protocol specification. In an embodiment, the first protocol specification corresponds to IEEE 802.15.4 standard and the second protocol specification corresponds to IEEE 802.11 family of standards.

主权项

1. A wireless device comprising:
a first set of modules enabled to generate a first baseband signal according to IEEE 802.11 standard, said first baseband signal being modulated to represent a first sequence of data bits; a second set of modules enabled to generate a second baseband signal according to IEEE 802.15.4 standard, said second baseband signal being modulated to represent a second sequence of data bits; and a common RF module enabled to up-convert each of said first baseband signal and said second baseband signal to generate a first up-converted signal and a second up-converted signal respectively, said common RF module being enabled to transmit said first up-converted signal and said second up-converted signal on a wireless medium.