Abstract: An electronic device is described. This electronic device may include a communication circuit (such as an integrated circuit) that combines an interrogator and a transponder. Notably, the communication circuit may dynamically and temporally interleave an interrogator or the transponder transmission with a transponder response to a second interrogator or the second transponder transmission associated with a second electronic device. Moreover, the electronic device may include or may be selectively electrically coupled to at least an omnidirectional antenna that is used for bidirectional communication, such as: transmitting the interrogator or the transponder transmission (or message), receiving the second interrogator or the second transponder transmission (or message), and/or transmitting the transponder response to the second interrogator or the second transponder transmission.