Patent ID: 8185102
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first radio in a wireless communications device to communicate in a first network using contention-based access; and a second radio in the wireless communications device to communicate in a second network using scheduled access; wherein the second radio is configured to receive a wireless communication in the second network, the wireless communication including scheduled communications time information for the second radio; wherein the second radio is coupled to the first radio to pass the scheduled communications time information to the first radio; wherein the first radio is configured to wirelessly transmit a frame indicating at least one period in which the first radio is to receive no transmissions in the first network, the at least one period based on the scheduled communications time information; wherein the frame is a Notification of Absence (NOA) frame and is not a Power Save frame, a Clear to Send (CTS) frame, or a Quiet Period frame; and wherein the NOA frame indicates multiple periods of time in which the first radio is to receive no transmissions in the first network, the NOA frame further comprising: