Method and system for adjusting wlan radio receiver gain in a wireless device

A system for adjusting a gain level for a receiver of a first radio simultaneously operational with a transmitter of a second radio, comprising:

• a processor coupled to memory;
• and,
• at least one of hardware and software modules within the memory and controlled or executed by the processor, the modules including:
• a module for determining a signal-to-noise ratio (“SNR”) value for signals received by the receiver from an access point (“AP”);
• and,
• a module for, when the first radio is associated with the AP and the transmitter is not transmitting, if the SNR value exceeds a SNR threshold, reducing the gain level for the receiver from an initial level and initiating transmission from the transmitter, otherwise maintaining the gain level for the receiver at the initial level and initiating transmission from the transmitter;
• wherein the SNR threshold is a SNR value above which beacon signals from the AP can be successfully received by the receiver.