Dual purpose bridge for wireless communications

A dual-purpose bridge for wireless communication allows both a low frequency (e.g., below 1 GHz) wireless communication standard and a high frequency (e.g., above 1 GHz) wireless communication standard to operate for a particular wireless communications device. Resources existing between the two bridged standards are shared to reduce the cost of implementing any one communication standard. The output signal of each communication system is coupled with a microcontroller unit (MCU). The wireless communication standard that was used to transmit the output signal is determined and then the corresponding protocol is employed. Processing is performed in the MCU and the resulting data can then be applied to a data port.