Staged mitigation of local interference to wireless communications

A computing device, comprising:

• a first communications interface;
• a second communications interface;
• and
• a processor connected with the first communications interface and the second communications interface, the processor configured to:
• control the first communications interface to transmit data;
• determine that the second communications interface is active concurrently with data transmission by the first communications interface;
• obtain a performance metric corresponding to the second communications interface;
• in response to determining that the performance metric is below a threshold, select a mitigation action at the processor;
• and
• control the first communications interface according to the selected mitigation action,
• wherein the processor is configured to determine that the second communications interface is active by determining that the second communications interface is receiving data using a predetermined frequency band susceptible to interference by the first communications interface.

A method in a computing device having

• a processor, a first communications interface, and a second communications interface, the method comprising:
• storing a prioritized sequence of mitigation actions;
• in response to initiating data transmission from the first communications interface, determining that the second communications interface is receiving data using a frequency band susceptible to interference from the first communications interface;
• and
• applying successive mitigation actions from the prioritized sequence of mitigation actions until a performance metric associated with the second communications interface meets a threshold.