Patent ID: 9485767
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A first wireless communication device, comprising: a first transceiver configured to transmit first signals according to a first wireless communication technology; a second transceiver configured to transmit second signals according to a second wireless communication technology; a memory configured to store a schedule, wherein the schedule identifies (i) first intervals for allowing communication using the first signals, and (ii) second intervals for allowing communication using the second signals; and a coexistence circuit configured to (i) allow the first transceiver to transmit the first signals only during the first intervals, (ii) allow the second transceiver to transmit the second signals only during the second intervals, and (iii) cause the first transceiver to transmit, prior to each of the first intervals ending and each of the second intervals beginning, a message to a second wireless communication device, the message indicating a duration of a respective one of the second intervals, wherein, in response to the message, transmission by the second wireless communication device according to the first wireless communication technology is not allowed during the respective one of the second intervals, wherein the message includes a vendor-specific action frame including a duration parameter, and wherein the duration parameter indicates one of the duration of the respective one of the second intervals and a duration of a period between adjacent ones of the first intervals and the second intervals.