Facilitating virtual personal area networks

A machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• initiating a first virtual personal area network according to a first application profile, wherein the first application profile is based on a first protocol specification;
• initiating a second virtual personal area network according to a second application profile, wherein the second application profile is based on a second protocol specification;
• providing a communications interface comprising a physical layer and a medium access control layer, wherein the first virtual personal area network and the second virtual personal area network share the medium access control layer and the physical layer of the communications interface;
• and
• providing access to the communication interface to the first virtual personal area network and the second virtual personal area network according to a predetermined arbitration scheme.

A device comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
• initiating a first virtual personal area network according to a first application profile;
• initiating a second virtual personal area network according to a second application profile;
• providing a communications interface comprising a physical layer and a medium access control layer, wherein the first virtual personal area network and the second virtual personal area network share the medium access control layer and the physical layer of the communications interface;
• and
• providing access to the communication interface to the first virtual personal area network and the second virtual personal area network according to an arbitration scheme.