identifying, by a radio node, a first priority indicator associated with a data packet;

responsive to the identifying the first priority indicator associated with the data packet, transmitting, by the radio node, the data packet on a first available link detected via a multi-link clear channel assessment, wherein transmission of the data packet is prioritized to occur before transmission of another data packet that does not include the first priority indicator;

receiving, by the radio node, a first message that includes the first priority indicator at a first time;

determining, by the radio node, whether each link of multiple links includes a signal strength measurement that is less than an overlapping basis service set preamble detection threshold;

responsive to the determining that each of a first link and a second link of the multiple links includes signal strength measurements that are less than the overlapping basis service set preamble detection threshold, starting, by the radio node, a back off counter common to each of the first link and the second link; and

responsive to determining that the back off counter has expired, transmitting, by the radio node, at least a portion of the data packet over each of the first link and the second link, wherein any other communication over the first link and the second link are preempted by the data packet.