Accessing a communication channel using disparate communication systems

A method of providing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, the method comprising:

• accessing, by a first communication system, a communication frequency channel during a first time interval using cellular communication;
• accessing, by a second communication system, the communication frequency channel during a second time interval using an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 based communication;
• initializing, by the second communication system, a counter for accessing the communication frequency channel;
• and
• freezing, by the second communication system, a countdown of the counter during a time interval designated for the first communication system;
• wherein the first time interval is adjacent to the second time interval.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (CRM) comprising instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors of an apparatus, causes the apparatus to:

• access, by a first communication system, a communication frequency channel during a first time interval using cellular vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication;
• access, by a second communication system, the communication frequency channel during a second time interval using an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 based V2X communication;
• initialize, by the second communication system, a counter for accessing the communication frequency channel;
• and
• freeze, by the second communication system, a countdown of the counter during a time interval designated for the first communication system;
• wherein the first time interval is adjacent to the second time interval.