Patent ID: 8923847

Claim:
A network interface comprising: a radio frequency system comprising a component, wherein the component is configured for communication with an access point; a first client module communicates with the access point in accordance with a first wireless communication standard; a second client module communicates with the access point in accordance with a second wireless communication standard; a third client module communicates with the access point in accordance with a third wireless communication standard; and a control module in communication with the second client module and the third client module, wherein the first wireless communication standard is different than the second wireless communication standard and the third wireless communication standard, the second wireless communication standard is different than the third wireless communication standard, the first client module, the second client module and the third client module are configured to share the component of the radio frequency system, such that during respective periods of time the first client module, the second client module, and the third client module communicate with the access point via the component, the first client module is configured to transmit a request signal to the second client module while (i) the second client module is in an idle state, and (ii) the third client module is in an active state, the request signal requests access to the component, the third client module is configured to transmit first data to the access point while in the active state, the second client module is configured to forward the request signal to the third client module, the third client module is configured to, in response to the request signal, (i) abort the transmitting of the first data to the access point, and (ii) transmit a first acknowledgement signal to the second client module, the second client module is configured to transmit a second acknowledgement signal to the first client module in response to the first acknowledgement signal, the first client module is configured to, in response to the second acknowledgement signal, transmit to or receive from the access point second data, and the second client module is configured to transmit a reserve signal to the control module to reserve the component of the radio frequency system, wherein the reserve signal indicates reserving the component during a period when the third client module is to receive a mobile signal, and wherein the mobile signal indicates send times and receive times allocated for the third client module, and skip transmissions during the period when the third client module is to receive the mobile signal.