The invention solves the problem of reducing interference in simultaneous
wireless LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth signal handling, especially in voice
over IP communications via a WLAN telephone to a Bluetooth headset. The
invention sets up a voice link between the terminal and the headset by
establishing sniff anchor points in the ACL link for assigning relative
priorities to the WLAN and Bluetooth ACL packet traffic. A higher
priority is assigned to WLAN packet traffic when it collides with
original Bluetooth ACL packet traffic during a sniff anchor point.
Thereafter, a higher priority is assigned to the terminal's
retransmission of aborted Bluetooth ACL packets and the headset's
response ACL packets in available Bluetooth slots following the anchor
point.