Methods and apparatus for channel reservation

An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• transmit a first data packet from a first network node including a first preamble, the first preamble including a channel reservation signal configured to indicate a transmission time reservation of channel resources covering all or a portion of each of a plurality data packets consisting of:
• less than an entirety of the first data packet,
• an entirety of a second data packet received from a second network node responsive to the first data packet, and
• less than an entirety of a third data packet to be transmitted from the first network node subsequent to a transmission of the second data packet,
• wherein the second data packet includes a second preamble having a second channel reservation signal configured to indicate a second transmission time reservation of channel resources covering less than the entirety of the second data packet and the entirety of the third data packet, and the third data packet includes a third preamble having a third channel reservation signal configured to indicate a third transmission time reservation of channel resources covering less than the entirety of the third data packet.

An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

• means for determining a first preamble in a first data packet transmitted from a first network node, the first preamble including a channel reservation signal configured to indicate a transmission time reservation of channel resources covering all or a portion of each of a plurality of data packets consisting of:
• less than an entirety of the first data packet,
• an entirety of a second data packet received from a second network node responsive to the first data packet, and
• less than an entirety of a third data packet to be transmitted from the first network node subsequent to a transmission of the second data packet;
• and
• means for transmitting the first data packet,
• wherein the second data packet includes a second preamble having a second channel reservation signal configured to indicate a second transmission time reservation of channel resources covering less than the entirety of the second data packet and the entirety of the third data packet, and the third data packet includes a third preamble having a third channel reservation signal configured to indicate a third transmission time reservation of channel resources covering less than the entirety of the third data packet.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, comprising code for causing a computer to:

• determine a first preamble within a first data packet transmitted from a first network node in a wireless communication system, the first preamble including a channel reservation signal configured to indicate a transmission time reservation of channel resources covering all or a portion of each of a plurality of data packets consisting of:
• less than an entirety of the first data packet,
• an entirety of a second data packet received from a second network node responsive to the first data packet, and
• less than an entirety of a third data packet to be transmitted from the first network node subsequent to a transmission of the second data packet;
• and
• transmit the first data packet,
• wherein the second data packet includes a second preamble having a second channel reservation signal configured to indicate a second transmission time reservation of channel resources covering less than the entirety of the second data packet and the entirety of the third data packet, and the third data packet includes a third preamble having a third channel reservation signal configured to indicate a third transmission time reservation of channel resources covering less than the entirety of the third data packet.