| CPC H04W 48/20 (2013.01) [H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |
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1. A wireless device, comprising
at least one processor,
at least one memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the wireless device at least to:
transmit an association request from the wireless device to a first access node of a wireless network for associating the wireless device to the wireless network,
receive, by the wireless device, an association response from the first access node for associating the wireless device to the wireless network, perform, by the wireless device, carrier sensing on a plurality of channels;
wherein the carrier sensing comprises contending for channel access on the plurality of channels, and maintaining one or more records of ongoing transmission opportunities on the plurality of channels,
wherein the one or more records comprise information on which access nodes of the wireless network are owners or receivers of the ongoing transmission opportunities on one or more of the plurality of channels,
select a second access node of the wireless network in response to obtaining a transmission opportunity for a channel of the plurality of channels,
wherein the selecting is based at least partly on the one or more records; and
transmit data from the wireless device to the second access node during the transmission opportunity.
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