A method performed by a service base station for scheduling communications in the service base station, wherein the service base station is capable of operating a wireless network over a shared channel, comprising: having a wireless service connection with a bridge consumer premise equipment system over the shared channel, wherein said bridge consumer premise equipment system, establishes a wireless coexistence connection over the shared channel with a coexistence base station, characterised in that the coexistence base station allocates time slots on the shared channel for communications between the service base station and the bridge consumer premise equipment system; and in that the method comprises transmitting coexistence information, to the coexistence base station including performing communications with the bridge consumer premise equipment system during the allocated time slots; prior to releasing the shared channel, receiving a coexistence request from the coexistence base station via the bridge consumer premise equipment system using a coexistence time slot on the shared channel and performing a spectrum contention for ownership of the shared channel and reporting results of the spectrum contention to the coexistence base station using a coexistence time slot on the shared channel; when the coexistence base station wins the spectrum contention, instructing the bridge consumer premise equipment system to perform the establishing of the wireless coexistence connection for use after the releasing of the shared channel and instructing the bridge consumer premise equipment system to request the allocated time slots to allow for communications with the bridge consumer premise equipment system on the shared channel; and releasing the shared channel. having a wireless service connection with a bridge consumer premise equipment system over the shared channel, wherein said bridge consumer premise equipment system, establishes a wireless coexistence connection over the shared channel with a coexistence base station, characterised in that the coexistence base station allocates time slots on the shared channel for communications between the service base station and the bridge consumer premise equipment system; and in that the method comprises transmitting coexistence information, to the coexistence base station including performing communications with the bridge consumer premise equipment system during the allocated time slots; prior to releasing the shared channel, receiving a coexistence request from the coexistence base station via the bridge consumer premise equipment system using a coexistence time slot on the shared channel and performing a spectrum contention for ownership of the shared channel and reporting results of the spectrum contention to the coexistence base station using a coexistence time slot on the shared channel; when the coexistence base station wins the spectrum contention, instructing the bridge consumer premise equipment system to perform the establishing of the wireless coexistence connection for use after the releasing of the shared channel and instructing the bridge consumer premise equipment system to request the allocated time slots to allow for communications with the bridge consumer premise equipment system on the shared channel;