Patent ID: 8804690

Claim:
A method comprising: determining that a time-sensitive packet of a first radio module is scheduled for communication during a time slot, the time slot being an upcoming time slot in a series of time slots for time-sensitive communications of the first radio module; initiating, to an arbiter and before a start of the time slot, a request for access to an antenna, the arbiter configured to arbitrate, based on priority levels, access to the antenna between the first radio module a second radio module, a priority level of the time-sensitive communications of the first radio module being higher than a priority level of communications of the second radio module; and maintaining the request to the arbiter at least until the start of the time slot effective to prevent the second radio module from initiating, before the start of the time slot, communications other than communication of the time-sensitive packet that would be disrupted by communication of the time-sensitive packet during the time slot.