Patent ID: 11950285
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A wireless communication method, comprising:
determining, by an access point of a wireless network, a multi-channel occupancy information for multiple channels available to one or more user terminals in a vicinity of the wireless network,
wherein the multi-channel occupancy information includes an occupancy state information for each channel of the multiple channels,
wherein in response to the occupancy state information having a value that indicates that a corresponding channel is occupied, the multi-channel occupancy information further includes an identifier of a corresponding base station that controls operation of the corresponding channel, and a duration of occupancy of the corresponding channel, and
wherein in response to the occupancy state information indicating that a channel is idle, the occupancy state information omits a color code field and a duration field for the channel; and

transmitting, by the access point, the multi-channel occupancy information to the one or more user terminals in a message.