Patent ID: 8072913

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a first radio module implemented to support first communication in accordance with a first protocol; a second radio module implemented to support second communication in accordance with a second protocol; and a shared communication medium implemented to effectuate wireless communications for both the first radio module and the second radio module; and wherein: each of the first radio module and the second radio module selectively operative in accordance with a power savings operational mode based on a level of congestion of a network to which the apparatus is coupled; based on a frame structure of the first protocol, the first radio module operative to enter into and exit from a first power savings mode; when exited from the first power savings mode, the first radio module operative to be active; the second radio module operative to exit from a second power savings mode when the first radio module operative to enter the first power savings mode; the second radio module operative to enter into the second power savings mode when the first radio module operative to exit from the first power savings mode; and when exited from the second power savings mode, the second radio module operative to be active.