Patent ID: 9167624
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing network communications performed by a wireless network adapter, the method comprising: generating a Notice of Absence (NOA) message for transmission on a first wireless network, the wireless network adapter operating as an access point (AP) on the first wireless network, the first wireless network being a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), the NOA message providing an identification of a start time, a duration, an instance of the NOA, a number of absences, and a periodicity for a plurality of timeslots during which the wireless network adapter is configured to operate in a second wireless network, the start time specifying a time at which a first of the plurality of timeslots begins, the duration specifying the duration of the plurality of timeslots, and the periodicity specifying a length of time between successive timeslots; transmitting the NOA message from the wireless network adapter over the first wireless network to indicate to a receiving device in the first wireless network an unavailability of operation of the wireless network adapter with the first wireless network during the plurality of timeslots; delaying network communications from the wireless network adapter to the receiving device via the first wireless network during the plurality of timeslots, wherein the receiving device in response to the NOA message delays network communications to the wireless network adapter via the first wireless network during the plurality of timeslots; and operating as a station (STA) in the second wireless network during the plurality of timeslots the second wireless network being a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).