Patent ID: 8223693

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a first wireless communication module issuing a first request for a first transmission or reception (TX or RX) operation in a first time period, wherein the first request comprises information regarding a first power level for performing the first TX or RX operation; a second wireless communication module issuing a second request for a second TX or RX operation in a second time period, wherein the second request comprises information regarding a second power level for performing the second TX or RX operation; and a packet traffic arbitration (PTA) module coupled between the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module, receiving the first request from the first wireless communication module and the second request from the second wireless communication module, and granting one or both of the first request and the second request according to the first power level and the second power level when the first time period is overlapped with the second time period, wherein the first request is a TX request and the second request is an RX request, and the PTA module further grants both of the first request and the second request if the first power level is lower than a first value and the second power level is higher than a second value.