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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2020
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chih-Hsiang Wu, Taoyuan, TW;
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing transmission delays, implemented in a communication device, includes starting () a first timer. An expiration () of the first timer corresponds to a desired transmission time for a first message. The method also includes, before the expiration of the first timer, starting () a first channel access procedure of one or more channel access procedures, and determining (), using the one or more channel access procedures, whether a shared carrier is available for transmission after the expiration of the first timer. The method also includes, based on whether the shared carrier is available for transmission after the expiration of the first timer (), either transmitting () or not transmitting () the first message to another communication device via the shared carrier.