An apparatus comprised in an access point for managing an operating channel of a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, over a communication medium shared with a second RAT, comprising: means for performing a scan of available channels; means for selecting one of the available channels as the operating channel of the first RAT based on the channel scan; means for determining a utilization metric for the operating channel; and means for triggering a Time Division Multiplexing, TDM, mode on the operating channel in response to the utilization metric being above a threshold, wherein the TDM mode cycles operation between activated periods and deactivated periods of communication in accordance with a TDM communication pattern; characterised in that: the utilization metric corresponds to a measure of interference from signaling on the operating channel that is associated with the second RAT; wherein the signaling corresponds to one or more beacons on a primary channel or a secondary channel that are associated with the second RAT and exceed a signal strength threshold; and the TDM mode is triggered with (i) a first set of parameters for the TDM pattern based on the one or more beacons exceeding a threshold number on the primary channel or (ii) a second set of parameters for the TDM pattern based on the one or more beacons exceeding a threshold number on the secondary channel. means for performing a scan of available channels; means for selecting one of the available channels as the operating channel of the first RAT based on the channel scan; means for determining a utilization metric for the operating channel; and means for triggering a Time Division Multiplexing, TDM, mode on the operating channel in response to the utilization metric being above a threshold, wherein the TDM mode cycles operation between activated periods and deactivated periods of communication in accordance with a TDM communication pattern; characterised in that: the utilization metric corresponds to a measure of interference from signaling on the operating channel that is associated with the second RAT; wherein the signaling corresponds to one or more beacons on a primary channel or a secondary channel that are associated with the second RAT and exceed a signal strength threshold; and the TDM mode is triggered with (i) a first set of parameters for the TDM pattern based on the one or more beacons exceeding a threshold number on the primary channel or (ii) a second set of parameters for the TDM pattern based on the one or more beacons exceeding a threshold number on the secondary channel. the utilization metric corresponds to a measure of interference from signaling on the operating channel that is associated with the second RAT; wherein the signaling corresponds to one or more beacons on a primary channel or a secondary channel that are associated with the second RAT and exceed a signal strength threshold; and the TDM mode is triggered with (i) a first set of parameters for the TDM pattern based on the one or more beacons exceeding a threshold number on the primary channel or (ii) a second set of parameters for the TDM pattern based on the one or more beacons exceeding a threshold number on the secondary channel.