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, wherein the first schedule is periodic and has a first interval between communications;
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;
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; and
adapting a size of the first interval to reduce the 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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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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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, wherein the first schedule is periodic and has a first interval between communications; 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; 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; and adapting a size of the first interval to reduce the conflict time at which the first defined schedule and the second defined schedule coincide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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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, wherein first packets are used by the first radio communications protocol and the first defined schedule is periodic and has a first interval between communications, and the second radio transceiver, when using a second defined schedule for communication in the shared radio frequency band, and to adapt a size of the first interval to reduce the conflict time at which the first defined schedule and the second defined schedule coincide. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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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, during the second mode of the second radio communications protocol, data for transmission is reordered by means of interleaving.
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