Patent ID: 7852820

Claim:
A network node within range of a foreign network such that transmissions by the network node are susceptible to data collisions with transmissions of the foreign network, comprising: a transceiver; and logic configured to monitor transmissions of the foreign network and to determine durations of the monitored transmissions, the logic configured to identify at least one transmission pattern of the foreign network based on the determined durations, the logic configured to schedule a transmission from the transceiver based on the identified transmission pattern such that the transmission from the transceiver is scheduled to occur during a predicted quiet period for the foreign network, wherein the logic is configured to initiate the transmission during the predicted quiet period, and wherein the logic is configured to determine one of the durations by sensing energy from one of the monitored transmissions and measuring a length of time that the sensed energy exceeds a threshold, wherein the logic is configured to identify successive transmissions from the foreign network as a transmission/response pair based on a delay between the successive transmissions, and wherein the logic is configured to identify the transmission pattern based on identification of the successive transmissions as a transmission/response pair.