Patent ID: 8036170
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication system, comprising: an antenna; wireless local area network (WLAN) communication circuitry to generate data packets for wireless transmission via the antenna, and to process data packets received via the antenna; short range wireless communication circuitry to receive and transmit audio packets via the antenna, the audio packets being transmitted and received during time slots, the time slots being separated by time intervals during which no audio packets are transmitted or received by the short range wireless communication circuitry, the time intervals having a predefined length; and an arbiter to control access of the WLAN communication circuitry and the short range wireless communication circuitry to the antenna, the arbiter causing the data packets to be transmitted and received by the WLAN communication circuitry during the time intervals during which no audio packets are transmitted or received by the short range wireless communication circuitry.