Patent ID: 8520652

Claim:
A method for interpreting timing information sent by a first communication support entity to a coexisting second communication support entity, each of said first and second communication support entities operable to communicate wirelessly, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at said second communication support entity a time-zero indicator of a predetermined form over a wired link from said first communication support entity; determining an absolute time at which said second communication support entity receives said time-zero indicator as a destination reference time; receiving at said second communication support entity data representing a first relative time from said first communication support entity indicating a wireless communication; converting said received first relative time to a first absolute time at said second communication support entity by adding said first relative time to said destination reference time; receiving at said second communication support entity data representing a second relative time from said first communication support entity indicating a wireless communication; converting said received second relative time to a second absolute time at said second communication support entity by adding said second relative time to said destination reference time; and determining the manner in which the second communication support entity is to communicate wirelessly with respect to said first and second absolute times converted from said first and second relative times so as to minimize interference between wireless communications of the second communication support entity and the coexisting first communication support entity.