Patent ID: 8565198
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication system, comprising: first wireless communication circuitry to receive and transmit packets of a first type via an antenna; second wireless communication circuitry to receive and transmit packets of a second type via the antenna, wherein the packets of the second type are transmitted and received during time slots having a predefined length, and wherein the time slots are separated by time intervals during which no packets of the second type are transmitted or received by the second wireless communication circuitry; and an arbiter to control access of the first wireless communication circuitry and the second wireless communication circuitry to the antenna, wherein the arbiter causes the packets of the first type to be transmitted and received by the first wireless communication circuitry during the time intervals during which no packets of the second type are transmitted or received by the second wireless communication circuitry.