CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing device of a first wireless device, a request from a second wireless device to access a frequency band for a first amount of time;
preventing, by the processing device, a plurality of stations (STAs) associated with the first wireless device from using the frequency band for a second amount of time that is greater than the first amount of time;
granting, by the processing device, access to the frequency band to the second wireless device at a first time and for the first amount of time;
receiving, by the processing device via an interface between the first wireless device and a third wireless device, a notification that the frequency band is available for use by the first wireless device to communicate with the plurality of STAs without interfering with the second wireless device at a second time after the first amount of time and for a third amount of time, wherein the third wireless device is co-located with the first wireless device and the third wireless device is associated with the second wireless device, wherein a sum of the first amount of time and the third amount of time is less than the second amount of time;
transmitting, by the first wireless device, a trigger frame to a first STA of the plurality of STAs to schedule the first STA to transmit uplink data to the first wireless device using the frequency band at a third time and during the third amount of time without backoff, wherein the third time is after the second time; and
receiving, by the first wireless device, the uplink data from the first STA using the frequency band at the third time and during the third amount of time.
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