Communication system for alleviating interference arising due to coexistence

A method performed by a communication device communicating with a user equipment (UE) and providing a connectivity of a wireless local area network (WLAN), the UE configured to use radio resources of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the WLAN, the method comprising:

• receiving, over an interface, from a base station communicating with the UE, a request for a channel utilization time information of the WLAN;
• sending, over the interface, the channel utilization time information to the base station in accordance with the request;
• and
• sending, to the base station over the interface, WLAN information representing at least one channel or frequency band of the WLAN.

A base station comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE) that is configured to use radio resources of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) and a wireless local area network (WLAN);
• and
• a controller configured to:
• request, over an interface, to a communication device for providing a connectivity of the WLAN, a channel utilization time information of the WLAN;
• receive, over the interface, the channel utilization time information from the communication device;
• and
• receive, from the communication device over the interface, WLAN information representing at least one channel or frequency band of the WLAN.

A communication apparatus comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE) and providing a connectivity of wireless local area network (WLAN), the UE configured to use radio resources of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network and the WLAN;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• receive, over an interface, from a base station communicating with the UE, a request for a channel utilization time information of the WLAN;
• send, over the interface, the channel utilization time information to the base station in accordance with the request;
• and
• send, to the base station over the interface, WLAN information representing at least one channel or frequency band of the WLAN.