US 12,273,732 B2
Apparatus and method for coexistence between Wi-Fi communication and Bluetooth communication
Chittabrata Ghosh, Fremont, CA (US); Harish Balasubramaniam, San jose, CA (US); and Carlos Cordeiro, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/133,645.
Prior Publication US 2021/0204140 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0068 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module to perform Wi-Fi communication;
a Bluetooth module to perform Bluetooth communication; and
interface circuitry coupled with both of the Wi-Fi module and the Bluetooth module;
wherein the Wi-Fi module is to:
obtain event schedule information from the Bluetooth module ahead of a time period than occurrence of the Bluetooth communication via the interface circuitry, wherein the event schedule information is to indicate information about a schedule of the Bluetooth communication; and
puncture, based on the event schedule information, a secondary channel for the Wi-Fi communication to reserve a sub-channel for the Bluetooth communication,
wherein the event schedule information is to indicate a bandwidth of the sub-channel, start time of the Bluetooth communication, and a duration of the Bluetooth communication, and
wherein the time period ahead of the occurrence of the Bluetooth communication is based on interacting time required between the Wi-Fi module and a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) in updating puncturing schedule and time required by the Bluetooth module for updating hopping sequence.