Patent ID: 8532034

Claim:
A method of providing coordination for managing communication of information over one or more wireless channels in a network including multiple wireless stations of different types operating at the same wireless frequency band but at different waveform formats, the method comprising: allocating channel bandwidth by dividing channel time into one or more superframes, each superframe initiated by a beacon providing schedules for communication of packets of information over one or more channels, wherein each superframe having a structure based on wireless station type, wherein each superframe is bounded by beacons that are different based on station type, said allocating channel bandwidth further including: scanning all available channels in the frequency band to detect available channels, wherein when the number of detected available channels is same or greater than the number of wireless station types, wherein different types of wireless stations operate at a same wireless frequency band but at different waveform formats; and then scheduling and transmitting beacon periods for the different types of wireless stations to different available channels, wherein each type of wireless station may have a dedicated available channel period for wireless communication in parallel with other types of wireless stations.