Patent ID: 7664085
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device comprising: a broadband wireless access (BWA) network node for communicating within a BWA network; a wireless local area network (WLAN) node for communicating within a WLAN; and an internal communication path, the BWA network node to report frame-timing parameters related to the BWA network to the WLAN node, the WLAN node to transmit the frame-timing parameters to an access point of the WLAN, wherein a transmission time of a downlink transmission for receipt by the WLAN node is selected by the access point based on the frame-timing parameters to reduce potential interference caused by uplink transmissions to the BWA network by the BWA network node, wherein the WLAN node is to transmit the frame-timing parameters to the access point during a time interval of uplink subframes of the BWA network, the time interval of the uplink subframes to be determined from the frame-timing parameters, wherein the frame-timing parameters comprise at least one of a downlink subframe start time, an uplink subframe start time or a frame end time, wherein the BWA network node is to receive the frame-timing parameters from the BWA network, the frame-timing parameters to include frame-timing information for use by the BWA network node in communicating with the BWA network, and wherein the BWA network node is to provide the frame-timing parameters to the WLAN node over the internal communication path of the wireless communication device, the internal communication path comprising either a hardware-implemented or a software-implemented communication path.