RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE

1 . A radio communication device, comprising:

a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive at least one signal according to a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology;

a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive at least one signal according to a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology;

at least one filter coupled to the second receiver, the filter having a filtering characteristic; and

a processor coupled to the first transceiver and configured to control the first transceiver to transmit signals with a transmission bandwidth that is set based on the filtering characteristic.

2 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one filter is configured to filter the at least one signal received by the second transceiver according to the filtering characteristic.

3 . The radio communication device of claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one filter is configured to filter the at least one signal received by the second transceiver according to a shape of the filter.

4 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to set the transmission bandwidth by allocating one or more sub-channels of one or more channels provided for signal transmission by the first transceiver.

5 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to set the transmission bandwidth according to a frequency area in which a signal rejection by the filter fulfills a predefined criterion.

6 . The radio communication device of claim 5 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to set the transmission bandwidth according to a frequency area in which a signal rejection by the filter is higher than a predefined signal rejection threshold.

7 . The radio communication device of claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to set the transmission bandwidth according to a frequency area in which a signal rejection by the filter is a maximum.

8 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to set the transmission bandwidth based on the content of an instruction message received by the radio communication device from a further radio communication device.

9 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to set the transmission bandwidth according to a transmission bandwidth control message received by a second communication device.

10 . The radio communication device of claim 9 ,

wherein the second communication device is a radio base station.

11 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to generate a transmission bandwidth request message indicating one or more transmission bandwidths the processor requests to allocate for signal transmission.

12 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to generate a filtering characteristic message including information about the filtering characteristic of the filter.

13 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals according to a Third Generation Partnership Project radio communication technology.

14 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals according to a 4 G radio communication technology.

15 . The radio communication device of claim 14 ,

wherein the first transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals according to a Long Term Evolution radio communication technology.

16 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the second transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals according to a Short Range radio communication technology selected from a group consisting of:

Bluetooth radio communication technology;

Ultra Wide Band radio communication technology;

Wireless Local Area Network radio communication technology;

Infrared Data Association radio communication technology;

Z-Wave radio communication technology;

ZigBee radio communication technology;

HIgh PErformance Radio LAN radio communication technology;

IEEE 802.11 radio communication technology; and

Digital Enhanced Cordless radio communication technology.

17 . The radio communication device of claim 1 ,

wherein the second transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals according to a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology selected from a group consisting of:

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access radio communication technology;

WiPro radio communication technology;

High Performance Radio Metropolitan Area Network radio communication technology; and

802.16m Advanced Air Interface radio communication technology.

18 . A method for controlling a radio communication device, the method comprising:

transmitting and receiving signals according to a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology;

transmitting and receiving signals according to a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology;

filtering by means of a filter signals received according to a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology according to a filtering characteristic of the filter;

transmitting signals according to the Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology using a transmission bandwidth that is set based on the filtering characteristic of the filter.

19 . The method of claim 18 ,

wherein setting the transmission bandwidth comprises allocating one or more sub-channels of one or more channels provided for the signal transmission according to the Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology.

20 . A radio communication device, comprising:

a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive at least one signal according to a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology;

a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive at least one signal according to a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology;

at least one filter coupled to the second receiver, the filter having a filtering characteristic; and

a message generator configured to generate a message with a proposal to set a transmission bandwidth for the first transceiver, wherein the proposal is based on the filtering characteristic.

21 . The radio communication device of claim 20 ,

wherein the first transceiver is configured to transmit the message to a further communication device.

22 . A method for operating a radio communication device, comprising:

a first transceiver transmitting and receiving at least one signal according to a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology;

a second transceiver transmitting and receiving at least one signal according to a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology;

filtering by means of a filter signals received according to a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology according to a filtering characteristic of the filter; and

generating a message with a proposal to set a transmission bandwidth for the first transceiver, wherein the proposal is based on the filtering characteristic.

23 . The method according to claim 22 ,

further comprising transmitting the message to a further communication device.