Patent ID: 8107880

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a request at a radio module in a device to transmit at least one message via a wireless communication medium; receiving schedule information including one or more periods of time when the radio module is allowed to communicate via the wireless communication medium, the one or more periods of time being scheduled as timeslots during which access to the wireless communication medium is dedicated for the radio module or timeslots during which access to the wireless communication medium for the radio module is shared with one or more other radio modules; controlling operation of the radio module by: transmitting the at least one message via the wireless communication medium during timeslots scheduled as dedicated for the radio module; and determining a relative priority for the radio module with respect to the one or more other radio modules and transmitting the at least one message via the wireless communication medium according to the relative priority during timeslots scheduled as shared with the one or more other radio modules.