摘要 |
A card device for wireless data communication. The card device comprises a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) module for performing data communication over a wireless LAN, the wireless LAN module including a first PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) interface, a mobile communication module for performing wireless data communication over a mobile communication network, the mobile communication module including a serial communicator and a universal interface bus, a second PCMCIA interface for performing interfacing with a computer according to a PCMCIA protocol, a signal selector for converting a format of output data from the mobile communication module into a PCMCIA format and selectively connecting one of the mobile communication module and wireless LAN module to the second PCMCIA interface, and a controller for controlling an operation of the signal selector. The present card device is capable of performing a CDMA wireless data communication method and a wireless LAN data communication method in a single terminal.
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