Patent ID: 8345607

Claim:
A coexistent communication system of a first network device, the coexistent communication system comprising: a first network radio in communication with a base station over a first channel having a first frequency band, wherein the first network radio is configured to operate based on a first network protocol, and wherein the first frequency band includes a Federal Communication band; a second network radio in communication with a second network device over a second channel having a second frequency band, wherein (i) the second network radio is collocated with the first network radio, (ii) the second network radio is configured to operate based on a second network protocol different from the first network protocol, and (iii) the second frequency band includes an Industrial, Scientific and Medical band; and a control module configured to schedule communication on each of the first channel and the second channel, wherein the second network radio is further configured to determine the first frequency band of the first channel, in response to the first frequency band of the first channel being higher than the second frequency band of the second channel, select a third channel having a third frequency band lower than the second frequency band of the second channel, in response to second frequency band of the second channel being higher than the first frequency of the first channel, select a fourth channel having a fourth frequency higher than the second frequency of the second channel, and transmit a request signal to the second network device, wherein the request signal requests changing the second channel to the selected one of the third channel and the fourth channel.