QUALCOMM Incorporated
FRAME BASED CHANNEL ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Abstract:

A wireless device uses a frame-based channel access mode to access a wireless spectrum for wireless communication. The wireless device may use transmitter-side only channel sensing to determine whether or not the spectrum is idle. The frame-based channel access mode may use a fixed frame period that includes an initial sensing period for beam-based sensing and an idle period at the end of the frame to facilitate spectrum sharing.