Patent ID: 8842647

Claim:
A wireless communication terminal, comprising: a communication timing arbitration section adapted to control the allocation of first and second communication protection periods, the first communication protection period being used for communication with a first wireless communication terminal belonging to a first communication network using a first communication scheme, and the second communication protection period being used for communication with a second wireless communication terminal belonging to a second communication network using a second communication scheme different from the first communication scheme, said first communication network being a non-identical network with respect to said second communication network, wherein the communication timing arbitration section exercises control so that the first and second wireless communication terminals use the same frequency band before the first wireless communication terminal enters an active communication period, the communication timing arbitration section also exercises control so that a packet containing a network allocation vector is transmitted in said frequency band according to the second communication scheme used for said second wireless communication terminal belonging to said second communication scheme, the network allocation vector being adapted to define the communication protection period for the first wireless communication terminal, wherein said second wireless communication terminal is responsive to said network allocation vector even when said first wireless communication terminal is in said non-identical network to not communicate for the duration of said communication protection period.