NFC collision avoidance with controllable NFC transmission delay timing

A user equipment comprising:

• a first near field communication (NFC) circuit that is configured to emit a signal to provide power through inductive coupling to a second NFC circuit of an accessory configured to be used with the user equipment;
• and
• a processor that is configured to transmit a delay setting signal through the first NFC circuit to the second NFC circuit of the accessory that controls a defined delay time that the second NFC circuit delays before beginning to transmit data after the second NFC circuit has become sufficiently powered on to operate to transmit the data;
• wherein the processor is configured to transmit the delay setting signal through the first NFC circuit to the second NFC circuit based on determining that signals from a third NFC circuit were received by the first NFC circuit.

A user equipment comprising:

• a first near field communication (NFC) circuit that is configured to emit a signal to provide power through inductive coupling to a second NFC circuit of an accessory configured to be used with the user equipment;
• and
• a processor that is configured to transmit a defined delay time through the first NFC circuit to the second NFC circuit of the accessory that controls a time that the second NFC circuit delays before beginning to transmit data after the second NFC circuit has become sufficiently powered on to operate to transmit the data;
• wherein the processor is configured to transmit the defined delay time through the first NFC circuit to the second NFC circuit based on determining that signals from a third NFC circuit were received by the first NFC circuit.