Patent ID: 8687732

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprising: a first transceiver configured to transmit a wireless radio frame during a scheduled timeperiod according to a wireless access network protocol; and a second transceiver coupled to the first transceiver over a synchronization link and configured to transmit and receive within respective slots of a Bluetooth interval that occur during an unscheduled timeperiod, and configured to refrain from transmitting and receiving during the scheduled timeperiod, wherein the Bluetooth interval includes a transmission window portion and a retransmission window portion; wherein the first transceiver is operable to transmit, to the second transceiver, a plurality of signals from a coexist controller associated with the first transceiver, one of the signals allowing the second transceiver to synchronize the Bluetooth interval with an offset with respect to a start of a wireless radio frame, wherein the transmission window portion of the Bluetooth interval overlaps at least in part with the wireless radio frame, and wherein one of the signals notifies the second transceiver of the scheduled timeperiod, wherein the second transceiver is operable to delay the transmitting of a Bluetooth transmission until the retransmission window portion of the Bluetooth interval in the unscheduled timeperiod to avoid a potential TX/RX conflict, the transmitting occurring during the unscheduled timeperiod that occurs after the scheduled timeperiod, and the potential TX/RX conflict being when a transmission according to the wireless access network protocol would potentially interfere with a Bluetooth reception or a Bluetooth transmission would potentially interfere with a reception according to the wireless access network protocol, wherein the offset in a synchronization signal, on the synchronization link, is determined based on whether a potential conflict is the potential TX/RX conflict or a potential TX/TX conflict.