CPC H04W 24/10 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
identifying, by a user equipment (UE), an initial signal from a serving base station over a contention-based shared communication spectrum, wherein the initial signal identifies establishment of a current base station transmission opportunity (TxOP);
performing, by the UE, a clear channel assessment (CCA) procedure on the contention-based shared communication spectrum available for communications by the UE;
generating, by the UE, a reduced format sounding reference signal (SRS) that identifies at least a successful result of the CCA procedure; and
transmitting, by the UE, the reduced format SRS identifying the successful result of the CCA procedure.
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