Adaptive TXOP sharing for latency-sensitive traffic in wireless communications

An apparatus, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly;
• and
• a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:
• determining whether to activate an adaptive transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing mechanism with respect to a plurality of traffics having different latency requirements and pending transmission;
• and
• responsive to determining to activate the adaptive TXOP sharing mechanism, utilizing the adaptive TXOP sharing mechanism in transmitting one or more traffics of the plurality of traffics associated with a plurality of stations (STAs) by performing either or both of:
• selecting a candidate traffic from the one or more traffics of the plurality of traffics;
• and
• adjusting a transmission time of the candidate traffic in transmitting the candidate traffic during a TXOP,
• wherein the selecting comprises determining a respective priority associated with each STA of the plurality of STAs by calculating a respective remaining time budget of each STA.