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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2024.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01); H04W 74/08 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04W 72/569 (2023.01); H04W 74/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects described herein relate to determining a configuration indicating multiple synchronization points, in time, for contention-based communications, determining, for a given synchronization point of the multiple synchronization points, a contention window using a deterministic function based at least in part on one or more configured parameters, and transmitting, during the contention window, one or more contention-based signals in an attempt to acquire a channel for transmitting communications.