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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Provenance Asset Group Llc, Essex, CT (US);
Jamil Shihab, Algonquin, IL (US);
Jiang Chang, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Hua Xu, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Provenance Asset Group LLC, Essex, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus may include adapting transmission opportunities of the first network node. A radio-technology of the apparatus coexists with at least one other radio-access technology of a network node. The adapting may include adapting when the apparatus is able to perform transmissions. The method may also include transmitting in accordance with a transmitting period. The transmitting period corresponds to a time over which the apparatus is configured to perform transmitting and to be muted. The transmitting may include transmitting on an unlicensed carrier.