Patent ID: 9301314
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for facilitating concurrent long-term evolution (LTE) and wireless local-area network (WLAN) uplink transmission, the method comprising: determining whether an LTE data downlink activity is scheduled for an LTE downlink sub-frame of an LTE time frame, based on information in a first portion of the LTE downlink sub-frame, wherein the LTE time frame comprises a plurality of LTE downlink sub-frames, and each LTE downlink sub-frame includes the first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion provides information that indicates whether the LTE data downlink activity is scheduled for the second portion of the corresponding LTE downlink sub-frame; and when the determination is made that the LTE data downlink activity is not scheduled for the LTE downlink sub-frame, sending an LTE-downlink occasion indication to a WLAN transceiver approximately one milli-second in advance to notify that the second portion of the LTE downlink sub-frame is available for WLAN communication.