Patent ID: 8611821

Claim:
An adaptive communication device for communicating in a millimeter wave frequency band, the device comprising: a transceiver for communicating with at least one first remote communication device in the millimeter wave frequency band in accordance with a first protocol, the transceiver generating conflict detection signals based on signals received in the millimeter wave frequency band from at least one second remote communication device that communicates in the millimeter wave frequency band in accordance with a second protocol; a control module, coupled to the transceiver, that includes: a conflict detection module that detects communication by the at least one second communication device based on the conflict detection signals and generates a model trigger signal in response thereto; a conflict modeling module, coupled to the conflict detection module, that responds to the model trigger signal by generating idle prediction data based on the conflict detection signals, wherein the idle prediction data predicts an idle period in the communications by the at least one second remote communication device based on a pattern of communications from the at least one second remote communication device and wherein the conflict modeling module includes: a template storage module that stores a plurality of templates; and a template identification module, coupled to the template storage module, that identifies one of the plurality of templates based on the conflict detection signals and that generates the idle prediction data based on the identified one of the plurality of templates; and a transmission control module, coupled to the conflict modeling module and the transceiver, that generates transmit control signals based on the idle prediction data; wherein the transceiver times transmissions sent to the at least one first remote communication device based on the transmit control signals.