Sharing a Frequency Band Between Different Radio Communications Protocols
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1. A method comprising:
- enabling a first mode of a first radio communications protocol using a shared radio frequency band and having a first defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band;
enabling a second mode of a second radio communications protocol using the shared radio frequency band and having a second defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band; and
enabling the first mode and disabling the second mode at a conflict time at which the first defined schedule and the second defined schedule coincide.
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Abstract
A method including enabling a first mode of a first radio communications protocol using a shared radio frequency band and having a first defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band; enabling a second mode of a second radio communications protocol using the shared radio frequency band and having a second defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band; and enabling the first mode and disabling the second mode at a conflict time at which the first defined schedule and the second defined schedule coincide.
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enabling a first mode of a first radio communications protocol using a shared radio frequency band and having a first defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band; enabling a second mode of a second radio communications protocol using the shared radio frequency band and having a second defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band; and enabling the first mode and disabling the second mode at a conflict time at which the first defined schedule and the second defined schedule coincide. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26)
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a first radio transceiver configured to operate according to a first radio communications protocol that uses a shared radio frequency band; a second radio transceiver configured to operate according to a second different radio communications protocol that uses the shared radio frequency band; and a controller configured to enable radio communications by the first radio transceiver and temporarily disable radio communications by the second transceiver to avoid simultaneous radio communications by the first radio transceiver, when using a first defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band, and the second radio transceiver, when using a second defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (28, 31)
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enabling at an apparatus a synchronous mode of a radio communications protocol using a frequency hopping sequence determined by a native clock of a Master for slots reserved for periodic synchronous communication; simultaneously enabling at the apparatus a scanning mode of the radio communications protocol using a frequency hopping sequence determined by a native clock of the apparatus for slots other than the slots reserved for periodic synchronous communication.
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enabling at an apparatus a synchronous mode of a radio communications protocol using a frequency hopping sequence determined by a native clock of a Master for slots reserved for periodic synchronous communication; transmitting a synchronous packet in a reserved slot, wherein the synchronous packet comprises data and an error detection code.
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