Reception-Condition based Selective Puncturing

A method of controlling wireless transmissions in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

• determining, by a wireless communication device, one or more idle bandwidth portions of a wireless channel;
• estimating, by the wireless communication device, one or more reception conditions at a further wireless communication device;
• and
• using a transmission bandwidth in the one or more idle bandwidth portions of the wireless channel, sending, by the wireless communication device, a wireless data transmission to the further wireless communication device, wherein the transmission bandwidth of the wireless data transmission is selectively punctured based on the estimated one or more reception conditions.

A wireless communication device for a wireless communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:

• at least one processor, and
• a memory containing program code executable by the at least one processor,
• whereby execution of the program code by the at least one processor causes the wireless communication device to:
• determine one or more idle bandwidth portions of a wireless channel;
• estimate one or more reception conditions at a further wireless communication device;
• and
• using a transmission bandwidth in the one or more idle bandwidth portions of the wireless channel, send a wireless data transmission to the further wireless communication device, wherein the transmission bandwidth of the wireless data transmission is selectively punctured based on the estimated one or more reception conditions.

A wireless communication device for a wireless communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:

• at least one processor, and
• a memory containing program code executable by the at least one processor,
• whereby execution of the program code by the at least one processor causes the wireless communication device to:
• determine one or more idle bandwidth portions of a wireless channel;
• and
• using a transmission bandwidth in the one or more idle bandwidth portions of the wireless channel, receive a wireless data transmission from a further wireless communication device, wherein the transmission bandwidth of the wireless data transmission is selectively punctured based on one or more reception conditions at the wireless communication device.