Patent ID: 9565567
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting a first frame comprising a first type of message from a first node for reception by a second node, the first node being associated with a first wireless communication system and the second node being associated with a second wireless communication system, the first type of message comprising a first information element for identifying the second node and a second information element for specifying that the first frame is transmitted to initiate a request for simultaneous transmission by the first node to a third node and by the second node to a fourth node, the first frame also being received by the third node that comprises part of the first wireless communication system; receiving from the third node a second frame comprising a second type of message, the second type of message identifying at least the first node and specifying, based on a measurement performed by the third node on the first frame and a measurement performed by the third node on a third frame transmitted by the second node, whether the request for simultaneous transmission is accepted or is not accepted by the third node; and transmitting a fourth frame comprising the second type of message from the first node for reception by the second node, the second type of message identifying the second node and specifying that the request for simultaneous transmission was accepted by the third node.