Techniques for enhanced co-existence of co-located radios
View Patent ↗Techniques for enhanced co-existence for co-located radios are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a first radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a first link using a first set of communications channels, a second radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a second link using a second set of communications channels, and a coordination module operative to receive information regarding operation of the first and second radio modules, and modify a communications parameter for the first or second radio module based on the received information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
1. A mobile computing device, comprising:
a first radio module to communicate wirelessly across a first link using a first set of communications channels;
a second radio module to communicate wirelessly across a second link using a second set of communications channels, the first and second set of communications channels having a certain number of shared frequencies; and
a coordination module communicatively coupled with the first and second radio modules, the coordination module to receive information regarding operation of first and second radio modules, select a set of masked channels using the shared frequencies based on the received information from the first and second radio modules, and send a control directive to at least one of the first and second radio modules to operate using one or more communications channels outside of the set of masked channels and permit the first radio module and the second radio module to operate at the same time, the coordination module to modify the set of masked channels when the first radio module or the second radio module switches to a different communications channel.
2. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , the coordination module to select the set of masked channels based on a communications channel used by the first radio module or the second radio module.
3. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , the coordination module to select the set of masked channels centered on a center frequency for a communications channel used by the first radio module or the second radio module.
4. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , the coordination module to select the set of masked channels based on information about a traffic type, a priority level or a direction for the first radio module or the second radio module.
5. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , the first or second radio module to communicate using the one or more communications channels that are not included within the set of masked channels.
6. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , comprising an antenna and a shared antenna structure, the shared antenna structure comprising a combiner and at least one switch arranged to allow the first radio module and the second radio module to share the antenna for simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations.
7. The mobile computing device of claim 6 , the shared antenna structure comprising a first switch communicatively coupled with the first radio module, a second switch communicatively coupled with the second radio module, a combiner communicatively coupled with the first and second switches, and a third switch communicatively coupled with the first switch, the second switch and the combiner.
8. The mobile computing device of claim 6 , the shared antenna structure comprising a first switch communicatively coupled with the first radio module, a combiner communicatively coupled with the first switch and the second radio module, and a second switch communicatively coupled with the first switch and the combiner.
9. A method, comprising:
receiving information regarding operation of first and second radio modules using first and second sets of communications channels having a certain number of shared frequencies;
selecting a set of masked channels using the shared frequencies based on the received information from the first and second radio modules;
sending a control directive to at least one of the first and second radio modules to operate using one or more communications channels outside of the set of masked channels to permit the first and second radio modules to operate at the same time; and
modifying the set of masked channels when the first radio module or the second radio module switches to a different communications channel.
10. The method of claim 9 , comprising selecting the set of masked channels based on a communications channel used by the first radio module or the second radio module.
11. The method of claim 9 , comprising selecting the set of masked channels centered on a center frequency for a communications channel used by the first radio module or the second radio module.
12. The method of claim 9 , comprising selecting the set of masked channels based on information about a traffic type, a priority level or a direction for the first radio module or the second radio module.
13. The method of claim 9 , comprising communicating using the one or more communications channels that are not included within the set of masked channels.
14. An article comprising a storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:
receive information regarding operation of first and second radio modules using first and second sets of communications channels having a certain number of shared frequencies;
select a set of masked channels using the shared frequencies based on the received information from the first and second radio modules;
send a control directive to at least one of the first and second radio modules to operate using one or more communications channels outside of the set of masked channels to permit the first and second radio modules to operate at the same time; and
modify the set of masked channels when the first radio module or the second radio module switches to a different communications channel.
15. The article of claim 14 , further comprising instructions to select the set of masked channels based on a communications channel used by the first radio module or the second radio module.
16. The article of claim 14 , further comprising instructions to select the set of masked channels centered on a center frequency for a communications channel used by the first radio module or the second radio module.
17. The article of claim 14 , further comprising instructions to select the set of masked channels based on information about a traffic type, a priority level or a direction for the first radio module or the second radio module.