Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	15. Subsequent Events The Company evaluates subsequent events occurring between the most recent balance sheet date and the date that the financial statements are available to be issued in order to determine whether the subsequent events are to be recorded in and/or disclosed in the Company’s financial statements and footnotes. The financial statements are considered to be available to be issued at the time that they are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There are no subsequent events to report except for the ones listed below that would have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. PCTEL Secure On April 30, 2013, the Company divested all of the assets associated with PCTEL Secure’s ProsettaCore™ to Redwall Technologies, LLC (“Redwall”) a development organization that specializes in mobile security, military and defense projects and systems, and critical national infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, Redwall acquired the server and device software, the underlying IP, and complete development responsibility for the security products. At the closing of the divestiture, the Company received no upfront cash payment but has the right to receive a royalty of 7% of the net sale price of each future sale or license of the Software and each provision of services related to the Software, if any, which royalty will not exceed $10 million in the aggregate. Equity In April 2013, the Company issued to employees 658,050 stock options that vest upon future service and 182,500 stock options that vest upon achievement of future performance-based targets.

Subsequent Events

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

15. Subsequent Events

The Company evaluates subsequent events occurring between the most recent balance sheet date and the date that the financial statements are available to be issued in order to determine whether the subsequent events are to be recorded in and/or disclosed in the Company’s financial statements and footnotes. The financial statements are considered to be available to be issued at the time that they are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There are no subsequent events to report except for the ones listed below that would have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

PCTEL Secure

On April 30, 2013, the Company divested all of the assets associated with PCTEL Secure’s ProsettaCore™ to Redwall Technologies, LLC (“Redwall”) a development organization that specializes in mobile security, military and defense projects and systems, and critical national infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, Redwall acquired the server and device software, the underlying IP, and complete development responsibility for the security products. At the closing of the divestiture, the Company received no upfront cash payment but has the right to receive a royalty of 7% of the net sale price of each future sale or license of the Software and each provision of services related to the Software, if any, which royalty will not exceed $10 million in the aggregate.

Equity

In April 2013, the Company issued to employees 658,050 stock options that vest upon future service and 182,500 stock options that vest upon achievement of future performance-based targets.