Can WIFI direct and WIFI station work simultaneously? -


as far know, wifi direct enabled soft ap. question: can underlying wifi module work wifi station , wifi direct endpoint simultaneously? means, hope wifi module can communicate mobile phone using wifi direct, , @ same time connect router wifi station. possible? , how , case supported in technology?

you can if wifi driver supports multi-role. feature, available in wifi chip (e.g ti's wl1271), allows use 1 wifi chip different roles.

we use feature in 1 of our product maintain access point while still being able connect wifi station @ same time. product runs on android 4.0.4 omap 3.0 linux kernel.

for more informations on can check if such driver exists chip , take @ this post created on stackoverflow give details of our implementation using our wireless chip.


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