Patent ID: 8184580
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a communication device having a plurality of concurrently operating transceiver systems, each operating in a respectively different one of a plurality of communication systems, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of requests from different ones of the transceiver systems, each of the requests being a request to access a communication medium for the purpose of transmitting or receiving a data packet; and scheduling utilization of an available time period by selecting whether only one or more than one of the requests will be granted and selecting which one or ones of the requests to grant, said selections being based at least on how many remaining times out of a maximum number of times each of the transmission systems' data packet is permitted to be retransmitted, and on whether the requests are requests to transmit a data packet, and on whether the requests are requests to receive a data packet.