Device for communicating according to a first and second communication standard

A method for communicating according to a first and a second communication standard by means of a device,

• the first standard being a standard using Carrier-Sense Multiple Access and the second standard being a standard using a synchronous Time Division Multiplex Access and a device-to-device functionality,
• wherein the device is a node of an ad-hoc network and communicates within said ad-hoc network according to the first standard, and
• wherein the device communicates with at least one further device according to the second standard,
• the method comprising the following steps performed in the device:
• communicating according to the first standard as well as according to the second standard in the same frequency channel;
• broadcasting a channel reservation message in said frequency channel, the channel reservation message having a format according to the first standard and indicating at least a length of a communication time slot for communications according to the second standard such that no communications according to the first standard are performed over said length;
• and
• communicating according to the second standard with said at least one further device over said length indicated in the channel reservation message.