METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING SIMULTANEOUS LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) SIGNALS AND SIGNALS IN THE INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND MEDICAL (ISM) RADIO BAND

摘要

A wireless communication device and method utilizes a processing unit with a first chip to transmit and receive data according to a long term evolution (LTE) standard and a second chip that operates in parallel with the first chip to transmit and receive data over a wireless local area network (WLAN) (301). The processing unit determines a plurality of access points (AP) through which data can be transmitted and received by the second chip over the WLAN (303), and identifies an optimal AP, based on a plurality of factors including at least a determination, for each different AP, of whether transmission or reception of data by the first chip according to the LTE standard, simultaneous to transmission or reception of data over the WLAN by the second chip, would decrease the overall throughput of the first chip and the second chip (305). When the second chip is previously connected to the WLAN through any AP other than the optimal AP, the processing unit disconnects the second chip from the any AP other than the optimal AP (307), and connects the second chip to the WLAN through the optimal AP (309).