Patent ID: 8867551

Claim:
A method for supporting coexistence in a mobile station configured for supporting a coexistence mode of a primary wireless communication system and a secondary wireless communication system, the method performed by the mobile station and comprising: transmitting a sleep mode request (MOB_SLP-REQ) message to a base station, the MOB_SLP-REQ message requesting an initiation of a sleep mode and comprising first coexistence information for requesting an allocation of a band adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) for adjacent subcarrier permutation during the sleep mode; and receiving a sleep mode response (MOB_SLP-RSP) message from the base station in response to the MOB_SLP-REQ message, the MOB_SLP-RSP message comprising second coexistence information for allocating band AMC subchannels to the mobile station, wherein the band AMC subchannels of an uppermost frequency band are allocated to the mobile station during the sleep mode of the primary wireless communication system supporting the coexistence mode.