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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);

Christiaan A. Hartman, San Jose, CA (US);

Siegfried Lehmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1215 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

In embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate a mechanism for coexistence of various radio access technologies during peer-to-peer communications. In some embodiments, a first communication may be scheduled in one or more time slots with a peer station according to a first radio access technology (RAT), an end time of the first communication during a first time slot of the one or more time slots may be determined, and a second communication according to a second RAT may be transmitted. At least a portion of the second communication may be performed during the first time slot. In some embodiments, the first and second communications may be transmitted on the same channel.


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