Patent ID: 6937158

Claim:
A method comprising: a HomeRF connection paint (CP) unit establishing a connection with a HomeRF unit; the HomeRF CP unit establishing a connection with a Bluetooth unit as a slave to the HomeRF CP unit as a master; the HomeRF CP unit determining a contention free period, during which the HomeRF CP unit and the HomeRF do not transfer data; the HomeRF CP unit communicating the contention free period to the Bluetooth unit, the Bluetooth unit to wake from a suspended state at the time of the contention free period; transmitting data between the HomeRF CP unit and the HomeRF unit; during the contention free period, the HomeRF CP unit ceasing transmission of data to the HomeRF unit and transitioning from a first hopping frequency to a higher second frequency hopping and transmitting data between the HomeRF CP unit and the Bluetooth unit; at an end of the contention free period, the HomeRF CP unit transmitting a next contention free period to the Bluetooth unit, ceasing transmission of data to the Bluetooth unit and transitioning from the second hopping frequency to the first frequency hopping and transmitting data between the HomeRF CP unit and the HomeRF unit until the next contention free period.