Patent ID: 9686049
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for wireless communication with a wireless local area network having a coverage area with at least a portion collocated with another coverage area of a Bluetooth network, the method comprising: in a communication device: receiving at an initiator device a management action frame via said wireless local area network from a responder device, wherein the management action frame indicates that said responder device is able to communicate via said wireless local area network and is able to communicate via said Bluetooth network; transmitting, via said wireless local area network, a protocol data unit to a responder device; negotiating a delayed response time duration for acknowledgment communications in the wireless local area network, the negotiating a delayed response time including at least sending from the initiator device a request frame including at least a block acknowledgment policy to determine if the responder device can perform a delayed acknowledgment in response to a block transfer received from the initiator device, and the responder device returning at least a response frame with parameters including one or more of: block acknowledgement policy information, a traffic identifier (TID) value or a buffer size related to the request frame for the block acknowledgment policy; waiting the delayed response time duration after completion of said transmission of said protocol data unit to provide collocated wireless communication capability, wherein the delayed response time duration is greater than a communication slot time duration for communication by said responder device while on said Bluetooth network; receiving, via said wireless local area network, a response protocol data unit after said delayed response time duration; and transmitting, from the initiator device via said wireless local area network, an acknowledgment protocol data unit to said responder device in response to said received response protocol data unit.