US 12,081,995 B2
Sharing transmission mediums in WiFi-Bluetooth combination systems
Munukutla Sandeep Sarma, Bangalore (IN); and Raghavendra Kencharla, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,813.
Application 18/233,813 is a continuation of application No. 17/341,154, filed on Jun. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,743,736.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040391 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving timing data at a first wireless communication device from a second wireless communication device, wherein the timing data that indicates an amount of data that the second wireless communication device is requesting to communicate to a third wireless communication device via a wireless transmission medium shared between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device;
determining, by a processing device, a time period to allow the second wireless communication device to use the wireless transmission medium based on the amount of data that the second wireless communication device is requesting to communicate; and
transmitting from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device an authorization to use the wireless transmission medium during the time period.