Patent ID: 8340071

Claim:
A method comprising: transmitting, in a first frequency band by a coordinating device, an indication of a first time resource and/or first frequency resource for a communication device to identify one or more neighbor communication devices that are capable of communicating over a second frequency band, the first frequency band being associated with a first beamwidth and the second frequency band being associated with a second beamwidth; receiving, in the first frequency band by the coordinating device, link availability information for the second frequency band based at least in part on the one or more neighbor communication devices identified as being capable of communicating over the second frequency band; receiving, in the first frequency band by the coordinating device, interference information associated with the communication device, wherein said receiving the interference information comprises receiving interference measurements including interference levels, the interference measurements being performed by one or more communication devices, including the communication device; determining a transmission schedule based at least in part on the received interference information, wherein said determining the transmission schedule comprises comparing the interference levels to allow simultaneous transmission for at least two communication devices that have mutual interference levels below a threshold level using the second frequency band and to prevent simultaneous transmission for at least another two communication devices that have mutual interference levels above the threshold level using the second frequency; and transmitting, in the first frequency band, the transmission schedule to indicate to the communication device a second time resource and/or second frequency resource in which the communication device can communicate with at least one of the one or more neighbor communications devices over the second frequency band, the transmission schedule being based at least in part on the received link availability information.