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CHANNEL ACCESS MECHANISM

  • US 20160234879A1
  • Filed: 04/18/2016
  • Published: 08/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented by a network device, the method to improve efficiency for clear channel assessment (CCA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) by adjusting a backoff counter to minimize delay caused by decoding a preamble of a received signal, the method comprising:

  • detecting, on a wireless medium, a start of a frame;

    decoding a preamble of the frame to determine a basic service set (BSS) associated with a transmitter of the frame; and

    indicating that the wireless medium is busy while decoding the preamble of the frame.

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