Patent ID: 8072896

Claim:
A method of operating a first transceiver in a first frequency band in the presence of a second transceiver operating in a second frequency band, wherein the first transceiver operates in a first communication system and the second transceiver operates in a second communication system, the method comprising: causing the first transceiver to operate in the first communication system in accordance with a first transceiver coexistence strategy; ascertaining an interference level at the first transceiver operating in the first communication system, the interference level being due to the second transceiver operating in the second communication system; dynamically selecting a coexistence strategy for operating the second transceiver in the second communication system by selecting a frequency division strategy of coexistence between operation of the first and second transceivers if the ascertained interference level is less than a threshold level and selecting a time division strategy of coexistence between operation of the first and second transceivers if the ascertained interference level is above the threshold level; and causing the second transceiver to operate in the second communication system in accordance with the dynamically selected coexistence strategy, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are different from one another, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band do not overlap one another, and wherein operation of the first transceiver in the first communication system in accordance with the first transceiver coexistence strategy is unaffected by dynamically selecting a coexistence strategy for operating the second transceiver in the second communication system and causing the second transceiver to operate in the second communication system in accordance with the dynamically selected coexistence strategy.