Discontinuous reception (DRX)-aware carrier sense adaptive transmission (CSAT) in shared spectrum

An apparatus for Carrier Sense Adaptive Transmission (CSAT) for managing operation on a communication medium shared between Radio Access Technologies (RATs), comprising:

• a first transceiver configured to receive signals via the communication medium in accordance with a first RAT;
• at least one processor;
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one processor and the at least one memory being configured to:
• identify utilization of the communication medium associated with the first RAT based on the received signals, and
• cycle operation of a second RAT between activated and deactivated periods of transmission over the communication medium in accordance with a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) communication pattern, wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to cycle operation of the second RAT based on the identified utilization of the communication medium;
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• a second transceiver configured to transmit a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to an access terminal associated with the second RAT to activate or deactivate the access terminal in accordance with the TDM communication pattern, wherein a timing of the MAC CE transmission is based on the TDM communication pattern and a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) pattern associated with the access terminal.

An apparatus for Carrier Sense Adaptive Transmission (CSAT) for managing operation on a communication medium shared between Radio Access Technologies (RATs), comprising:

• means for receiving signals via the communication medium in accordance with a first RAT;
• means for identifying utilization of the communication medium associated with the first RAT based on the received signals;
• means for cycling operation of a second RAT between activated and deactivated periods of transmission over the communication medium in accordance with a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) communication pattern, wherein the cycling is based on the identified utilization of the communication medium;
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• means for transmitting a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to an access terminal associated with the second RAT to activate or deactivate the access terminal in accordance with the TDM communication pattern, wherein a timing of the MAC CE transmission is based on the TDM communication pattern and a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) pattern associated with the access terminal.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for Carrier Sense Adaptive Transmission (CSAT) for managing operation on a communication medium shared between Radio Access Technologies (RATs), the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

• instructions for receiving signals via the communication medium in accordance with a first RAT;
• instructions for identifying utilization of the communication medium associated with the first RAT based on the received signals;
• instructions for cycling operation of a second RAT between activated and deactivated periods of transmission over the communication medium in accordance with a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) communication pattern, wherein the cycling is based on the identified utilization of the communication medium;
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• instructions for transmitting a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to an access terminal associated with the second RAT to activate or deactivate the access terminal in accordance with the TDM communication pattern, wherein a timing of the MAC CE transmission is based on the TDM communication pattern and a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) pattern associated with the access terminal.