A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS

An apparatus, method and system for enabling a portable electronic device (PED) (6), designed to operate on a cellular communications network, to operate on a Wi-Fi communications network, the PED (6) having: a transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals over the cellular communications netwo...

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Hauptverfasser:	CHAPMAN, RON, PAPAGEORGIU, JOHN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus, method and system for enabling a portable electronic device (PED) (6), designed to operate on a cellular communications network, to operate on a Wi-Fi communications network, the PED (6) having: a transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals over the cellular communications network; and an auxiliary communications port, the apparatus including: an RF shield for preventing signals transmitted by the transceiver of the PED (6) from propagating into a surrounding environment; and a network interface (9) operatively connectable to the auxiliary communications port of the PED (6) and to the Wi-Fi communications network to enable the PED (6) to receive and transmit signals over the Wi-Fi communications network via the auxiliary communications port.