Patent ID: 7929432

Claim:
A scheduling method to be used by a base station in scheduling communication with multiple users in a wireless neighborhood, the scheduling method comprising: obtaining by the base station a coexistence bitmap between a first radio and a second radio in a multiple radio device, wherein the coexistence bitmap is derived from activity of the first radio and activity of the second radio; obtaining a traffic load distribution of the wireless neighborhood, wherein the traffic load distribution is given by x(i, j, l) for bitmap unit, BU(i, j, l), with i indicating a frame number of the coexistence bitmap, j indicating a slot number in an i th frame, and l indicating whether the traffic load distribution is for an uplink operation or a downlink operation, with 1≦i≦N and 1≦j≦M, with N indicating the number of bitmap units in a frame and M indicating the number of frames in the coexistence bitmap; and deciding a starting time for coexistence bitmap protection based on the traffic load distribution and the coexistence bitmap.