Patent ID: 8706032

Claim:
A method for providing a Bluetooth connection and a Wi-Fi connection on an electronic device, wherein the Wi-Fi connection exists between the electronic device and a Wi-Fi access point, the method comprising: determining i) first Bluetooth link parameters representing radio frequency signal characteristics of the Bluetooth connection from the perspective of the electronic device, and ii) first Wi-Fi link parameters representing radio frequency signal characteristics of the Wi-Fi connection from the perspective of the electronic device; determining i) second Bluetooth link parameters representing radio frequency signal characteristics of the Bluetooth connection from the perspective of the Bluetooth peer device, and ii) second Wi-Fi link parameters representing radio frequency signal characteristics of the Wi-Fi connection from the perspective of the Wi-Fi access point; calculating one or more link conditions, based upon i) one or more of the first Bluetooth link parameters, ii) one or more of the second Bluetooth link parameters, iii) one or more of the first Wi-Fi link parameters, and iv) one or more of the second Wi-Fi link parameters, to determine if simultaneous transmission from the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection is feasible; in response to determining simultaneous-transmission to be feasible, altering at least one of i) a Bluetooth transmit power of the electronic device, ii) a transmit power of the Bluetooth peer device, iii) frequency characteristics of the Bluetooth connection, iv) a Wi-Fi transmit power of the electronic device, v) a transmit power of the Wi-Fi access point, and vi) a channel of the Wi-Fi connection, based on the one or more link conditions to permit simultaneous transmission from the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection; and in response to determining simultaneous transmission to be unfeasible, implementing exclusive transmission to allow coexistence between the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection including precluding the Wi-Fi access point from transmitting frames in an area proximate to the electronic device.