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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Sameer Vermani, San Diego, CA (US);
Simone Merlin, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Eugene Jong-Hyon Baik, San Diego, CA (US);
Bin Tian, San Diego, CA (US);
Tevfik Yucek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
One aspect disclosed is a method in a wireless communications system including a first primary channel having a first frequency spectrum bandwidth and a second primary channel having a second frequency spectrum bandwidth, wherein the second frequency spectrum bandwidth includes the first frequency spectrum bandwidth. The method includes performing a first and a second back-off procedure at least partially in parallel, the first back-off procedure based on whether the first primary channel is idle, and the second back-off procedure based on whether the second primary channel is idle, and transmitting a wireless message based on whether the first or the second back-off procedure completes first.