Abstract:
A communications apparatus having an RF signal processing device, a baseband signal processing device and an access control module is provided. The RF signal processing device transmits and receives an RF signal and processes the RF signal in accordance with a predetermined protocol to generate a first signal. The baseband signal processing device is coupled to the RF signal processing device and processes the first signal. The access control module controls operations of the communications apparatus in at least a station mode and an AP mode. The access control module issues a first indication signal and a second indication signal under the AP mode so that the RF signal processing device and the baseband signal processing device are switched between a first power level and a second power level in the AP mode.
Abstract:
A method for coordinating transmission and reception operations of a first and a second radio module in a communications apparatus, the first radio module communicating with a first communications device in a first protocol to provide a first wireless communications service and the second radio module communicating with a second communications device in a second protocol to provide a second wireless communications service. The method includes estimating, by the first radio module, time remaining for the second radio module; receiving, by the second radio module, information regarding the estimated remaining time from the first radio module; determining, by the second radio module, whether time required for the operations of the second radio module exceeds the estimated remaining time; and scheduling, by the second radio module, operations of the second radio module according to the information regarding the estimated remaining time received from the first radio module.
Abstract:
A wireless communication method includes: categorizing a plurality of different beacon elements into a first group of elements and a second group of elements; generating a beacon frame, which is configured to carry the first group of elements, wherein the beacon frame is compliant to at least one legacy generation of Wi-Fi technology; generating a second frame, which is configured to carry the second group of elements, wherein the second frame is compliant to a non-legacy generation of Wi-Fi technology rather than the at least one legacy generation of Wi-Fi technology; and sending the beacon frame and the second frame.
Abstract:
A wireless communications system and associated method are disclosed. The system, in one configuration, includes an antenna and a wireless communications module configured to operate and communicate with a plurality of wireless communications stations via the antenna, in compliance with a wireless communications protocol. The communications include transmitting a first control packet to disable at least one of the wireless communications stations from data transmissions in compliance with the wireless communications protocol. The system is also configured to transmit a second control packet to enable at least one of the disabled wireless communications stations to perform the data transmissions. The first control packet is transmitted using a first configuration transmission power or modulation scheme, and the second control packet is transmitted using a second configuration transmission power and modulation scheme.
Abstract:
A wireless communications system and method configured to operate and communicate with a plurality of wireless communications stations in compliance with a wireless communications protocol, wherein said communications comprise transmitting a first control packet to disable at least one of the wireless communications stations from data transmissions in compliance with the wireless communications protocol, and transmit a second control packet to enable at least one of the disabled wireless communications stations to perform the data transmissions. The first control packet is transmitted using a first configuration, and the second control packet is transmitted using a second configuration.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus is provided. A first radio module communicates with a first communications device in compliance with a first protocol to provide a first wireless communications service. A second radio module communicates with a second communications device in compliance with a second protocol to provide a second wireless communications service. The first radio module further estimates time remaining for the second radio module before a next operation of the first radio module and transmits information regarding the estimated remaining time to the second radio module. The second radio module further schedules operations of the second radio module according to the information regarding the estimated remaining time received from the first radio module.
Abstract:
A wireless communications includes a first wireless communications and a second wireless communications. The first wireless communications module transmits or receives a first wireless signal in a first frequency band selected from a first frequency range. The second wireless communications module transmits or receives a second wireless signal in a second frequency band selected from a second frequency range, and adjusts a transmission power of the second wireless signal in response to that a frequency offset between the first frequency band and the second frequency band falls within a predetermined range. The first wireless communications module is further configured to determine an in-band range in the overlapping part of the first and second frequency ranges, and a transmission power of the second wireless signal is adjusted in response to a frequency offset between the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
Abstract:
A wireless communications device and a method for performing transmission and reception control of wireless communications device are provided. The method may include: utilizing a first communications control circuit to determine at least one indication regarding the first communications control circuit, for being sent to a second communications control circuit; utilizing the second communications control circuit to receive the at least one indication from the first communications control circuit, for indicating at least one behavior of the first communications control circuit; and utilizing the second communications control circuit to determine transmission power of the second communications control circuit at least according to whether multiple conditions (e.g., at least one condition dependent on the at least one indication) related to the first communications control circuit are met, for controlling respective transmission power levels of multiple packets from the second communications control circuit to a second communications device in a per-packet manner.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a control method of an AP, wherein the control method includes the steps of: establishing a link with at least one station, wherein the link uses a bonded channel including a plurality of Wi-Fi channels, and one of the plurality of Wi-Fi channels serve as a primary channel of the AP; obtaining channel information of another AP, wherein the channel information of the another AP indicates a primary channel of the another AP; and determining if changing the primary channel of the AP according to the primary channel of the another AP, to make the primary channels of the AP and the another AP correspond to different Wi-Fi channels.
Abstract:
A wireless communication device configured to operate with a first wireless communication protocol and a second wireless communication protocol and a method for performing coexistence control based on adaptive threshold adjustment in the wireless communication device are provided. The method may include: performing wireless communication operations with the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol concurrently; comparing a current throughput with a throughput threshold; in response to the current throughput being less than the throughput threshold, comparing a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), in communication using the second wireless communication protocol, with a signal strength threshold to generate at least one comparison result; and selectively sending a null frame according to the at least one comparison result, in order to temporarily avoid communication using the second wireless communication protocol.