US Patent 7948934 Time-based coexistence method for wireless communication

A method for facilitating coexistence of wireless technologies competing for the same bandwidth includes, with a first component (14) residing in a first wireless network (20), initializing the first wireless network (20) with a superframe period (38) based on a superframe period (28) of a second wireless network (10) and communicating information over the first wireless network (20) within the Contention Free Period period (46) of the superframe period (38) of the first wireless network (20), and, with a second component (4) residing in the second wireless network (10), communicating information over the second wireless network (10) within the Contention Access Period (44) of the superframe period (38), the Contention Free Period (46) and the Contention Access Period (44) being distinct regions of the superframe period (38) of the first wireless network (20).