Patent ID: 7280836

Claim:
A system, comprising: a computing arrangement including a first radio transceiver operating in accordance with a first communication protocol using a frequency band and a second radio transceiver operating in accordance with a second communication protocol using the frequency band; and an access point operating in accordance with the first communication protocol, the access point transmitting a communication signal using the first communication protocol, the signal having a frame including a first time interval indicative of when communications using the first communication protocol via the frequency band are permitted, wherein the first radio transceiver receives the signal, the computing arrangement determining if the frame includes a second time interval which is indicative of when communications using the second communication protocol via the frequency band are permitted, the second interval being reserved for exclusive communication in accordance with the second communication protocol, and wherein if the second time interval is absent from the frame, the computing arrangement inserts the second time interval into the frame, the second radio transceiver communicating with a further device utilizing the second communication protocol only during the second time interval.