Patent ID: 8874034
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communication, the method comprising: in a communication device comprising one or more Bluetooth low energy (BLE) standard radio interfaces and one or more other radio interfaces: scanning for energy detection in one or more frequency bands associated with said one or more BLE standard radio interfaces; scanning at least one channel associated with said one or more BLE standard radio interfaces based upon detected energy in a frequency band of said one or more frequency bands; determining which of said one or more other radio interfaces will interfere with communications of said one or more BLE standard radio interfaces based at least in part upon the frequency band in which said detected energy was detected; and managing operation of said one or more BLE standard radio interfaces and said determined one or more other radio interfaces to mitigate said determined communication interference based at least in part upon activity detected on said at least one scanned channel, the managing comprising applying a usage weight algorithm to channel usage of the one or more other radio interfaces such that the at least one channel is used less often by the one or more other radio interfaces than other channels.