METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COEXISTENCE WITH WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

摘要

A method for supporting coexistence with a wireless personal area network (WPAN) is provided. A method for supporting coexistence with a WPAN in a mobile station which periodically receives a beacon signal for local wireless communication includes, at the mobile station, calculating the numbers of uplink frames which overlap with the beacon signal, configuring a bitmap using the calculated frame numbers, and transmitting coexistence information including the bitmap to a base station. Accordingly, when a broadband wireless access system and WiMedia or ZigBee are simultaneously used, a beacon signal of WiMedia or ZigBee can be efficiently protected from the interruption of the broadband wireless access system and thus WiMedia or ZigBee can be normally operated.