Wake-up packet backoff procedure

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions for execution by processing circuitry of a first wireless device, the instructions causing the processing circuitry to:

• initiate a backoff procedure to contend for a wireless medium for transmission of a wake-up packet of a first access category, the wake-up packet encoded to be received at a LP-WUR (low-power wake-up radio) of a second wireless device;
• determine that the wake-up packet is to be retransmitted based on a parameter of the backoff procedure, the parameter being independent of the first access category;
• and
• encode for retransmission of the wake-up packet of a second access category, each of the first access category and the second access category comprising a level of priority in EDCA (enhanced distributed channel access).

A method, implemented at a first wireless device, the method comprising:

• initiating a backoff procedure to contend for a wireless medium for transmission of a wake-up packet of a first access category, the wake-up packet encoded to be received at a LP-WUR (low-power wake-up radio) of a second wireless device;
• determining that the wake-up packet is to be retransmitted based on a parameter of the backoff procedure, the parameter being independent of the first access category;
• and
• encoding for retransmission of the wake-up packet of a second access category, each of the first access category and the second access category comprising a level of priority in EDCA (enhanced distributed channel access).