Mobile communication device with multiple wireless transceivers and methods for use therewith
View Patent ↗A first wireless transceiver communicates pre-association data via a first wireless network, the pre-association data relating to a second wireless network, wherein the first wireless network supports communication via a first wireless protocol and wherein the second wireless network supports communication via a second wireless protocol that is different from the first wireless protocol. A second wireless transceiver communicates the pre-association data with the first wireless transceiver via a transceiver interface and processes the pre-association data to support an association by the second wireless transceiver with the second wireless network.
1. A mobile communication device, comprising:
a first wireless transceiver configured to receive pre-association data from a first wireless network, the pre-association data relating to a second wireless network, wherein the first wireless network supports communication via a first wireless protocol and wherein the second wireless network supports communication via a second wireless protocol that is different the first wireless protocol; and
a second wireless transceiver configured to receive the pre-association data from the first wireless transceiver via a transceiver interface and further configured to process the pre-association data to support an association by the second wireless transceiver with the second wireless network;
wherein co-existence data is communicated between the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver via the transceiver interface to control interference between the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver.
2. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless network is a local area network.
3. The mobile communication device of claim 2 , wherein the pre-association data includes query and response protocol data.
4. The mobile communication device of claim 2 , wherein the pre-association data includes metadata associated with the second wireless network.
5. The mobile communication device of claim 2 , wherein the pre-association data includes features associated with the second wireless network.
6. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless transceiver processes the pre-association data to support the association by the second wireless transceiver with the second wireless network, prior to the second wireless transceiver communicating with the second wireless network.
7. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless network receives the pre-association data via the first wireless network.
8. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless network supports voice and data communications.
9. A method comprising:
communicating pre-association data with a first wireless network via a first wireless transceiver of a mobile communication device, the pre-association data relating to a second wireless network, wherein the first wireless network supports communication via a first wireless protocol and wherein the second wireless network supports communication via a second wireless protocol that is different from the first wireless protocol;
communicating the pre-association data between the first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver of the mobile communication device via a transceiver interface;
processing the pre-association data to support an association by the second wireless transceiver with the second wireless network; and
controlling interference between the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver via co-existence data communicated between the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver via the transceiver interface.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network is a local area network.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the pre-association data includes metadata associated with the second wireless network.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the pre-association data includes at least one of: features associated with the second wireless network, and services available via the second wireless network.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the pre-association data is processed to support an association by the second wireless transceiver with the second wireless network, prior to the second wireless transceiver communicating with the second wireless network.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network communicates the pre-association data via the first wireless network.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first wireless network supports voice and data communications.
16. A mobile communication device, comprising:
a first wireless transceiver configured to receive pre-association data via a first wireless network, the pre-association data relating to a second wireless network, wherein the first wireless network supports communication via a first wireless protocol, wherein the second wireless network supports communication via a second wireless protocol that is different from the first wireless protocol, wherein the second wireless network is a local area network; and
a second wireless transceiver configured to receive the pre-association data from the first wireless transceiver via a transceiver interface and further configured to process the pre-association data to support an association by the second wireless transceiver with the second wireless network, prior to the second wireless transceiver communicating with the second wireless network;
wherein co-existence data is communicated between the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver via the transceiver interface to control interference between the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver.
17. The mobile communication device of claim 16 , wherein the second wireless network communicates the pre-association data via the first wireless network.
18. The mobile communication device of claim 16 , wherein the first wireless network supports voice and data communications.
19. The mobile communication device of claim 16 , wherein the first wireless transceiver supports multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) communications via a plurality of antennas.
20. The mobile communication device of claim 19 , wherein the second wireless transceiver supports multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) communications via the plurality of antennas.