QUALCOMM Incorporated
SHARING CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME ACROSS NODES OF AN INTEGRATED ACCESS BACKHAUL NETWORK

Abstract:

Wireless communications systems and methods related to sharing channel occupancy time (COT) for a channel in an unlicensed 5G spectrum in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network are provided. In some aspects, an IAB node of the IAB network may perform a channel access procedure to acquire the COT and share the COT with a parent IAB node and/or a child IAB node for the parent IAB node and/or child IAB node for the parent IAB node and/or child IAB node to share, or use the COT for communication, with a third IAB node different from the COT-initiating IAB node.