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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Hao Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
Simone Merlin, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Chao Zou, Ocala, FL (US);
Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Encinitas, CA (US);
George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh Paul Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
Lawrence Winston Yonge, III, Summerfield, FL (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes sending, from a first transmitter to a first receiver, a request to send (RTS) message associated with a first transmit opportunity (TXOP). The RTS message requests the first receiver to indicate whether reuse of the first TXOP is permitted. The method further includes receiving, at the first transmitter from the first receiver, a clear to send (CTS) message responsive to the RTS message.