SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINK AUGMENTATION

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for coordinating operation of two or more WLAN subsystems in a single physical device to perform an operation more efficiently, such as with greater throughput. An existing communication link may be established between first WLAN subsystems of two wireless communications devices and augmented with an auxiliary link formed between second WLAN subsystems. A single data stream may be divided and a portion of the stream carried on each link.

主权项

1. A wireless communications device comprising:
a first wireless local area network (WLAN) subsystem to form a primary communication link with a first WLAN subsystem of a remote device, wherein the first WLAN subsystem has a first media access control (MAC), a first physical (PHY) layer and a first radio frequency (RF) layer; a second WLAN subsystem to form an auxiliary communication link with a second WLAN subsystem of the remote device wherein the second WLAN subsystem has a second MAC layer, a second PHY layer and a second RF layer; a diplexer to:
combine output from the first WLAN subsystem and the second WLAN subsystem for transmission; andsplit a received signal into at least a first portion for the first WLAN subsystem and a second portion for the second WLAN subsystem; and an antenna to:
receive the combined output from the diplexer and transmit the combined output; andreceive the received signal and send the received signal to the diplexer.