Systems and methods for providing collaborative coexistence between bluetooth and Wi-Fi

A communication device, comprising:

• a front end device configured to permit simultaneous communication via a Bluetooth connection and a Wi-Fi connection with a Wi-Fi access point;
• and
• a processor device configured to:
• determine a plurality of signal quality metrics corresponding to the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection,
• determine, using the plurality of signal quality metrics, whether simultaneous communication via the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection with acceptable performance levels can be achieved,
• in response to determining that simultaneous-communication with acceptable performance levels can be achieved, alter at least one link parameter among a plurality of link parameters to permit communication via the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection at acceptable performance levels, including
• causing the communication device to instruct a user to move away from the Wi-Fi access point to permit communication via the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection at acceptable performance levels, and
• in response to determining that simultaneous transmission with acceptable performance levels cannot be achieved, implement exclusive transmission to allow coexistence between the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection including causing the Wi-Fi access point to refrain from transmitting during a transmission via the Bluetooth connection.

A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• determine a plurality of signal quality metrics corresponding to a Bluetooth connection and a Wi-Fi connection between i) a communication device including the processor and ii) a Wi-Fi access point;
• determining, using the plurality of signal quality metrics, whether simultaneous communication via the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection with acceptable performance levels can be achieved;
• in response to determining that simultaneous-communication with acceptable performance levels can be achieved, altering at least one link parameter among a plurality of link parameters to permit communication via the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection at acceptable performance levels, including
• causing the communication device to instruct a user to move away from the Wi-Fi access point to permit communication via the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection at acceptable performance levels;
• and
• in response to determining that simultaneous transmission with acceptable performance levels cannot be achieved, implementing exclusive transmission to allow coexistence between the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection including causing the Wi-Fi access point to refrain from transmitting during a transmission via the Bluetooth connection.