| CPC H04L 63/1433 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/16 (2013.01); H04L 7/033 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
transmitting, during an initialization phase and by a first wireless device, a first packet that includes an indication of a first timeslot duration; and
during an interlocked phase,
alternating, by the first wireless device, between transmit and receive modes during respective timeslots of a plurality of timeslots, wherein each of the plurality of timeslots has a duration equal to the first timeslot duration,
receiving a second packet from another wireless device when the first wireless device is in the receive mode during a first timeslot of the plurality of timeslot,
transmitting a third packet when the first wireless device is in the transmit mode during a second timeslot of the plurality of timeslots, and
suspending, by the first wireless device, wireless communication with the another wireless device in response to detecting an overlap between transmission of the third packet and reception of the second packet.
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