Patent ID: 8165153

Claim:
A method, comprising: coordinating operation of a first subsystem implementing a first wireless communication protocol and at least one other subsystem implementing at least one other wireless communication protocol, the method comprising: merging requests from the first subsystem for pre-scheduled access and real-time access into a single request for access for the first subsystem, the requests for pre-scheduled access from the first subsystem including a transmission indicator and/or a reception indicator and the requests for real time access including a type indicator indicative of a transmission request or a reception request; merging requests from the at least one other subsystem for pre-scheduled access and real-time access into a single request for access for the at least one other subsystem, the requests for pre-scheduled access from the at least one other subsystem including a transmission indicator and/or a reception indicator and the requests for real time access including a type indicator indicative of a transmission request or a reception request; merging a type indicator of the request for real-time access from the first subsystem with a transmission indicator and/or a reception indicator of a request for pre-scheduled access to generate a single merged request type indicator for the first subsystem, or merging a type indicator of the request for real-time access from the at least one other subsystem with a transmission indicator and/or a reception indicator of a request for pre-scheduled access to generate a single merged request type indicator for the at least one other subsystem, or a combination thereof; and arbitrating between the single requests for access for each subsystem to allocate access to the first subsystem and/or the at least one other subsystem.