Techniques for managing medium access to multi-channels of a shared radio frequency spectrum band

Abstract

Techniques for performing listen before talk (LBT) procedures in networks having multiple channels within a shared radio frequency spectrum band are provided. These techniques may include determining a contention window size for a first LBT procedure to access a first channel of a shared radio frequency spectrum band, which may then be applied as the contention window size for a second LBT procedure to access a second channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum band. The contention window size may be determined based at least in part on one or more of a service priority or a channel type for data to be transmitted using the first channel. Performing the first LBT procedure may include determining that a recipient base station has reserved the first channel and the second channel, and performing the second LBT procedure for the second channel.

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