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

Claim 0:
1. A wireless communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a wireless terminal, a message carrying a multi-channel occupancy information for multiple channels over a wireless communication medium,
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

performing, by the wireless terminal, an access to the wireless communication medium by avoiding collisions using the multi-channel occupancy information.