Patent ID: 9585171
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for operating a sharing station, the method comprising: receiving, by the sharing station, a request to send (RTS) frame on a wireless channel, wherein the RTS frame is not addressed to the sharing station, and wherein the RTS frame includes a transmit only indicator indicating that a transmitting station of the RTS frame will only transmit frames without receiving frames until expiration of a first time value in a first duration field of the RTS frame; determining, by the sharing station, if a clear to send (CTS) frame corresponding to the RTS frame is received within a specified time period after receiving the RTS frame; and transmitting, by the sharing station, a data frame when the CTS frame corresponding to the RTS frame is not received within the specified time period, wherein the data frame is transmitted prior to expiration of the first time value in the first duration field of the RTS frame.