Patent ID: 8121144
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communication, comprising: allocating time intervals for establishing a first communication session over a first connection between a baseband processing circuit of a wireless terminal and a base station (BS) of a long-range wireless data network, which operates in accordance with a first communication protocol that defines a sequence of time frames for transmission between the wireless terminal and the BS; allocating time slots for establishing a second communication session over a second connection between the baseband processing circuit of the wireless terminal and a peripheral wireless device, which operates in accordance with a second, short-range time-slotted communication protocol, which is different from the first protocol and has a retransmission mechanism; synchronizing the time slots with the time frames defined by the BS; using the baseband processing circuit, transmitting data to the peripheral wireless device in time slots that are allocated to the second communication protocol but overlap the time intervals of the first communication protocol; using a coexistence processor, inhibiting transmission of the data from the baseband processing circuit in the time slots that overlap the time intervals; detecting in the baseband circuit an absence of a response from the peripheral wireless device due to inhibition of the transmission; and responsively to detecting the absence of the response, activating in the baseband processing circuit the retransmission mechanism of the second communication protocol so as to retransmit the data in one or more time slots that do not overlap the time intervals.