Reservation signal for transmission opportunity design for spectrum sharing

An apparatus comprising:

• a transceiver configured to:
• communicate with a first wireless communication device, a reservation request (RRQ) signal to reserve a transmission opportunity (TXOP) in a shared frequency band including a plurality of frequency subbands, wherein the RRQ signal indicates a transmission schedule for the TXOP in a first subset of the plurality of frequency subbands that excludes at least one frequency subband of the plurality of frequency subbands, wherein the shared frequency band is shared by a plurality of network operating entities, and wherein the apparatus and the first wireless communication device are associated with a first network operating entity of the plurality of network operating entities;
• communicate, simultaneously during a clear channel assessment (CCA) period within the TXOP, an individual reservation response (RRS) signal in each frequency subband of the first subset of the plurality of frequency subbands indicated by the RRQ signal;
• and
• communicate with the first wireless communication device, data during a transmission period within the TXOP in the first subset of the plurality of frequency subbands.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium of wireless communication, comprising:

• code for causing a first wireless communication device to communicate, with a second wireless communication device, a reservation request (RRQ) signal to reserve a transmission opportunity (TXOP) in a shared frequency band including a plurality of frequency subbands, wherein the RRQ signal indicates a transmission schedule for the TXOP in a first subset of the plurality of frequency subbands that excludes at least one frequency subband of the plurality of frequency subbands, wherein the shared frequency band is shared by a plurality of network operating entities, and wherein the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device are associated with a first network operating entity of the plurality of network operating entities;
• code for causing the first wireless communication device to communicate, simultaneously during a clear channel assessment (CCA) period within the TXOP, an individual reservation response (RRS) signal in each frequency subband of the first subset of the plurality of frequency subbands indicated by the RRQ signal;
• and
• code for causing the first wireless communication device to communicate, with the second wireless communication device, data during a transmission period within the TXOP in the first subset of the plurality of frequency subbands.