Coexistence of wireless sensor networks with other wireless networks

A wireless device, comprising:

• a wireless transceiver configured to transmit to and receive from nodes in a wireless sensor network (WSN);
• and
• control logic coupled to the wireless transceiver, wherein the control logic causes the wireless transceiver to transmit a clear-to-send 2 self (CTS2S) frame based on the control logic making a determination to transmit a wireless packet to a node in the WSN,
• wherein the control logic further causes the wireless transceiver to transmit a contention free end (CF-End) frame based on the wireless packet being transmitted to a sensor node in the WSN and to not transmit a CF-End frame based on the wireless packet being transmitted to a coordinator node in the WSN.

A wireless device, comprising:

• a first wireless transceiver configured to transmit to and receive from nodes in a wireless sensor network (WSN);
• a second wireless transceiver configured to transmit to and receive from nodes in a wireless local area network (WLAN);
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• control logic coupled to the first and second wireless transceivers, wherein the control logic causes the first transceiver to transmit a first wireless packet based on a WSN packet error rate being greater than a first threshold value and a WLAN packet error rate being less than a second threshold value.

A method comprising:

• determining, by control logic, whether a wireless device is capable of transmitting to and receiving from a wireless sensor network (WSN) and a second wireless network;
• based on the second wireless network being a BLUETOOTH network, transmitting, by a first wireless transceiver, a first wireless packet to a node in the WSN based on the transmission coinciding with a break in transmissions for the BLUETOOTH network;
• and
• based on the second wireless network being a wireless local area network (WLAN):
• transmitting, by the first wireless transceiver, a clear-to-send 2 self (CTS2S) frame based on:
• the control logic making a determination to transmit the first wireless packet to a node in the WSN;
• and
• the first wireless transceiver being configured to transmit to and receive from both the WSN and the WLAN;
• and
• transmitting, by the first wireless transceiver, the first wireless packet to a node in the WSN based on:
• a WSN packet error rate being greater than a first threshold value and a WLAN packet error rate being less than a second threshold value;
• and
• the first wireless transceiver being configured to transmit to and receive from the WSN and a second wireless transceiver being configured to transmit to and receive from the WLAN.