=============================================================================== U S E R M A N U A L for Robust BT-WLAN coex (RBC) Copyright (C) 2014-2019, Marvell International Ltd. All Rights Reserved =============================================================================== ############################### # Abbreviations and acronyms ############################### RBC - Robust BT-WLAN co-existence TMD - Time Distribute SMPS - Spatial Multiplexing Power Save ############################### # Default RBC modes: ############################### 1. For systems where BT and WLAN have seperate antennas, RBC mode is automatically disabled in FW after detecting this from FEM cal data. e.g. For 1x1 Dual-Ant system and 2x2 3-Ant system RBC mode is disabled. 2. For systems where BT and WLAN share an antenna, RBC mode is automatically enabled in FW after detecting this from FEM cal data. Default modes: 1x1 single antenna system: TMD RBC 2x2 2-antenna system: 1x1 SMPS RBC ################################# # 2x2 2-antenna system RBC modes ################################# There are three mutually exclusive RBC modes for a 2x2 system. The default RBC mode is 1x1 SMPS RBC. The required RBC mode must be configured before starting uAP or associating in-STA. The mode cannot be changed dynamically when any of these connections is active. The modes are described below: 1. 1x1 SMPS RBC mode: WLAN switches to 1x1 FEM when BT is turned on. Also, in-STA goes to SMPS mode w.r.t. ext-AP. When BT is turned off, WLAN switches back to 2x2 FEM setting and in-STA moves out of SMPS. uAP starts bss with only 1-stream even BT is off because it cannot dynamically move between 1-stream and 2-stream rates like in-STA. To start uAP with 2-stream, RBC mode has to be disabled. 2. 1x2 SMPS RBC mode: Similar as 1x1 SMPS RBC mode. WLAN switches to 1x2 FEM when BT is turned on. In this mode, it is expected that when BT is not actively transmitting, WLAN can receive on both the antennas to enhance the range. Note that 1-stream rates are used for receive and transmit. 3. 2x2 TMD RBC mode: WLAN uses 2x2 antenna setting and timeshares the antenna with BT. ############################### # RBC mode select: ############################### User can use robust_btc.conf and hostcmd to select different RBC mode: hostcmd mode_get hostcmd mode_timeshare hostcmd mode_spatial This command is used to get/set Robust BT Coex. mode_get: get the current mode mode_timeshare: set Robust BT Coex to timeshare mode (default on 1x1 chips) mode_spatial: set Robust BT Coex to spatial mode (only for, and default on 2x2 chips) Usage: mlanconfig mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf mode_get mlanconfig mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf mode_timeshare mlanconfig mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf mode_spatial hostcmd gpio_cfg This command is used to enable/disable GPIO cfg. gpio_cfg: enable/disable GPIO cfg for external bt request (default is enable with High Polarity) Usage: mlanconfig mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf gpio_cfg hostcmd generictime hostcmd a2dptime hostcmd inquirytime hostcmd ap_generictime hostcmd ap_a2dptime hostcmd ap_inquirytime This command is used to configure the time slice of COEX (only works in timeshare mode) generictime: configure the Bttime and Wlantime in Station Generic case a2dptime: configure the Bttime and Wlantime in Station A2DP case inquirytime: configure the Bttime and Wlantime in Station Inquiry case ap_generictime: configure the Bttime and Wlantime in Ap Generic case ap_a2dptime: configure the Bttime and Wlantime in Ap A2DP case ap_inquirytime: configure the Bttime and Wlantime in Ap Inquiry case Usage: mlanutl mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf generictime mlanutl mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf a2dptime mlanutl mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf inquirytim mlanutl mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf ap_generictime mlanutl mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf ap_a2dptime mlanutl mlanX hostcmd config/robust_btc.conf ap_inquirytime