Configuring bluetooth operation at higher transmit power using a WLAN client-to-client (C2C) enabling signal

A method for configuring Bluetooth transmission power of a wireless device, the method comprising:

• decoding a client-to-client (C2C) enabling signal received from an access point (AP), the C2C enabling signal indicating the AP is configured for Low Power Indoor (LPI) communication at an LPI signal power level;
• determining received signal power of the C2C enabling signal received from the AP;
• configuring Bluetooth (BT) circuitry of the wireless device for BT communication with a second wireless device using transmit power set at the LPI signal power level, when the received signal power of the C2C enabling signal is above a signal power threshold;
• and
• causing the BT circuitry of the wireless device to perform a handshake exchange with the second wireless device to initiate the BT communication using the transmit power set at the LPI signal power level.

An apparatus comprising:

• wireless local area network (WLAN) circuitry, the WLAN circuitry configured to receive a client-to-client (C2C) enabling signal from an access point (AP), the C2C enabling signal indicating the AP is configured for Low Power Indoor (LPI) communication at an LPI signal power level;
• Bluetooth (BT) circuitry;
• and
• transmit (TX) power configuration circuitry, the TX power configuration circuitry coupled to the WLAN circuitry and the BT circuitry, and the TX power configuration circuitry is to:
• determine received signal power of the C2C enabling signal received from the AP;
• configure the BT circuitry for BT communication with a wireless device using TX power set at the LPI signal power level, when the received signal power of the C2C enabling signal is above a signal power threshold;
• and
• cause the BT circuitry to perform a handshake exchange with the wireless device to initiate the BT communication using the transmit power set at the LPI signal power level.