Patent attributes
Flow control techniques for co-localized wireless local area network (WLAN) and Bluetooth (BT) allowing efficient sharing of radio medium are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes deriving an available medium time (TAV) for the WLAN device to communicate with a peer WLAN device based on schedule data forwarded by the BT device, transmitting a first data from the WLAN device to the peer WLAN device if the BT device becomes inactive and if the TAV is greater than a threshold time, and transmitting a second data from the WLAN device to the peer WLAN device if the TAV is less than the threshold time. The first data indicates that the WLAN device is to come out of a power save (PS) mode and the second data indicates that the WLAN device is to enter the PS mode.
