Techniques for synchronizing and desynchronizing contention for access to a plurality of channels

An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising:

• means for identifying a plurality of counters used to contend for access to a plurality of channels of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, each of the plurality of counters associated with a respective channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band;
• means for measuring at least one channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, the measuring associated with a contention for access to the at least one channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band;
• and
• means for synchronizing or desynchronizing at least a subset of the plurality of counters based at least in part on the measuring.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• the processor and the memory configured to:
• identify a plurality of counters used to contend for access to a plurality of channels of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, each of the plurality of counters associated with a respective channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band;
• measure at least one channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, the measuring associated with a contention for access to the at least one channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band;
• and
• synchronize or desynchronize at least a subset of the plurality of counters based at least in part on the measuring.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for wireless communication, the code executable by a processor to:

• identify a plurality of counters used to contend for access to a plurality of channels of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, each of the plurality of counters associated with a respective channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band;
• measure at least one channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, the measuring associated with a contention for access to the at least one channel of the plurality of channels of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band;
• and
• synchronize or desynchronize at least a subset of the plurality of counters based at least in part on the measuring.