Opportunistic reclaiming of resources in new radio-spectrum sharing (nr-ss)

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• identify a transmission opportunity in a shared frequency spectrum shared by a plurality of operators, wherein the apparatus is associated with a first operator of the plurality of operators, and wherein the transmission opportunity is not reserved by the apparatus during a reservation indication slot of the transmission opportunity;
• determine that the transmission opportunity is reclaimable after the reservation indication slot;
• and
• a transceiver configured to communicate, with a second wireless communication device associated with the first operator, in a reclaimed portion of the transmission opportunity without a reservation of the transmission opportunity by the apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

• code for causing a first wireless communication device associated with a first operator of a plurality of operators to identify a transmission opportunity in a shared frequency spectrum shared by the plurality of operators, wherein the transmission opportunity is not reserved by the first wireless communication device during a reservation indication slot of the transmission opportunity;
• code for causing the first wireless communication device to determine that the transmission opportunity is reclaimable after the reservation indication slot;
• and
• code for causing the first wireless communication device to communicate, with a second wireless communication device associated with the first operator, in a reclaimed portion of the transmission opportunity without a reservation of the transmission opportunity by the first wireless communication device.