Patent ID: 8582445

Claim:
A circuit comprising: a transceiver coupled to transmit an outbound signal via a first network protocol and in accordance with a plurality of transmit parameters, to at least one remote station and receive a inbound signal from the at least one remote station, the transceiver operable to detect a packet transmission failure, to select one of a plurality of transmission failure causes, and to adjust at least one of a plurality of transmit parameters, based on the selected one of the plurality of transmission failure causes, wherein the adjustment of the at least one of the plurality of transmit parameters includes adjusting a first rate adjustment parameter that corresponds to a number of failed retransmissions required to decrease the transmit rate and a second rate adjustment parameter that controls the transmit rate of the transceiver; wherein selection of one of the plurality of transmission failure causes is based on determining that the at least one remote station is a multi-mode shared frequency device communicating via a second network protocol, wherein the first network protocol and the second network protocol are each different ones of: a wireless telephony protocol and a wireless local area network protocol; wherein the selection of one of the plurality of transmission failure causes includes analyzing feedback data generated by the transceiver based on the inbound signal and by monitoring a timing profile of a plurality of transmission failures; and wherein the remote station includes a multi-mode shared frequency transceiver that can operate in a first mode for communication with the transceiver and a second mode that precludes communication with the transceiver.