Patent ID: 8565183

Claim:
A network device comprising: a first transceiver configured to perform, in accordance with a first wireless communication standard, transmission and reception of first data with a first network device on a first channel; a second transceiver configured to perform, in accordance with a second wireless communication standard, transmission and reception of second data with a second network device on a second channel, wherein the second wireless communication standard is different from the first wireless communication standard; and a control module configured to determine whether there is interference between (i) the transmission and reception of the first data and (ii) the transmission and reception of the second data, wherein in response to the control module determining that there is interference between i) the transmission and reception of the first data and (ii) the transmission and reception of the second data, the control module is further configured to: select a third channel that is different from both of the first channel and the second channel, transmit a request signal to the second network device, wherein the request signal requests the second network device to switch from the second channel to the third channel, in response to transmitting the request signal to the second network device, receive an accept signal from the second network device, wherein the accept signal indicates permission for the second transceiver to also change from the second channel to the third channel, wherein, relative to a frequency of the second channel, a frequency of the third channel is further from a frequency associated with the first channel to reduce the interference between i) the transmission and reception of the first data and (ii) the transmission of reception of the second data, and in response to a first frequency band of the first channel having frequencies greater than frequencies in a second frequency band of the second channel, select the third channel to have a third frequency band, wherein the third frequency band has frequencies less than frequencies in the second frequency band of the second channel, and in response to second frequency band of the second channel having frequencies greater than frequencies in the first frequency of the first channel, select the third channel such that frequencies in the third frequency band are greater than frequencies in the second frequency band of the second channel.